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- Status: Ended
- First Aired: May 17, 2009
- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 1
- Genres: Documentary
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The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words(2009)
Overview
To commemorate the centenary of the birth of one of Britain’s most influential and best-loved poets, this film combines dramatisations of telling events in the life of WH Auden with interviews from the TV and radio archives and extracts from Auden’s poetry, notebooks, letters and journals. (BBC)
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1 episodes • 2009
Season 1
1 episodes • 2009
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words | May 17, 2009 | 0.0 |
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