Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

A Beat in Time

A Beat in Time: Greta Scacchi and Greg Wise explore poems about time, with words by Virginia Woolf, TS Eliot, Wendy Cope, Plath, Shakespeare; and music by Haydn, Ravel, Cage, Bach.

A Beat in Time

Actors Greta Scacchi and Greg Wise delve into poems on the subject of time: lives ticking away as the poets contemplate ageing and change, the rhythm of life and clocks themselves - objects that rule our lives.

With poems and prose by Virginia Woolf, TS Eliot, Wendy Cope, Sylvia Plath and Shakespeare and music by Haydn, Ravel, John Cage, Bach and Philip Glass.

1 hour, 45 minutes

Last on

Sun 21 Oct 2007 22:15

Broadcast

  • Sun 21 Oct 2007 22:15

The hidden history of plant-based diets

The hidden history of plant-based diets

Forget social media influencers - the meat-free movement started with the Victorians.

Books website

Get closer to books with in-depth articles, quizzes and our picks from radio & TV.