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AE Housman
Author Colin Dexter chooses scholar and poet AE Housman. With Matthew Parris. From 2008.
Inspector Morse creator Colin Dexter nominates another "son of Oxford" for greatness, the scholar and poet AE Housman.
Matthew Parris is also joined in the studio by Oxford Academic Robert Douglas-Fairhurst.
Series of biographical discussions.
Producer: John Byrne
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2008.
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Thu 30 Apr 202610:00
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Tue 27 May 200816:30BBC Radio 4 FM- Fri 30 May 200823:00BBC Radio 4
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