06/01/2007
In the Dark Tower: Louis MacNeice at the ±«Óãtv: Louis MacNeice, born in Belfast in 1907, wrote some beautiful poetry. He was also one of the ±«Óãtv's most innovative radio producers.
In the Dark Tower: Louise MacNeice at the ±«Óãtv
Louis MacNeice, who was born in Belfast in 1907, wrote some of the most beautiful poetry of the last century. For 20 years, he was also one of the ±«Óãtv's most innovative radio producers, famous for productions such as The Dark Tower and Columbus - which featured Laurence Olivier and music by William Walton - and unusual impressionistic programmes such as India at First Sight.
MacNeice was an enigmatic figure, aloof yet concerned, a brilliant classicist who loved rugby and a hard drinker who worked harder. Paul Muldoon, another distinguished poet from Belfast, and himself an accomplished radio producer, explores the archive.
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- Sat 6 Jan 2007 20:00±«Óãtv Radio 4 FM