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Radio 4,03 Jul 2014,30 mins

Available for 23 days

Sir Terry Wogan chooses the prose and poetry that mean the most to him. With the help of special guests: Sir David Jason Frances Tomelty Both read works by a variety of writers from Yeats to Robert Frost and PG Wodehouse. * Sir David Jason reads Vitai Lampada by Sir Henry Newbolt * Frances Tomelty reads When You Are Old by WB Yeats * Finbar Furey sings Sweet Sixteen * Sir David Jason reads an excerpt from Elegy In A Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray * Sir David Jason reads Gussie's Prizegiving Speech from Right Ho Jeeves by PG Wodehouse * Frances Tomelty reads Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening by Robert Frost and In Westminster Abbey by Sir John Betjeman * Finbar Furey sings Raglan Road Finbar Furey provides live music. Producer: Maggie Ayre First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2014.

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