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The Gate of the Year

Adventures in PoetrySeries 11
Episode 3 of 6

The Gate of the Year: Peggy Reynolds hears the story behind the poem King George VI quoted in his first Christmas broadcast on 25th December 1939.

The Gate of the Year: Peggy Reynolds hears the story behind the poem King George VI quoted in his first Christmas broadcast on 25th December 1939, written by the unknown Minnie Louise Haskins. It takes her from an unassuming suburb of Bristol to Sandringham, via the correspondence pages of The Times and the hand of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, and it has popped up at the opening of two world wars and on countless teatowels, Internet sites and books of inspirational verse.

Producer Christine Hall.

30 minutes

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Christmas Day 201023:30
BBC Radio 4 FM

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  • Sun 19 Dec 201016:30
    BBC Radio 4
  • Christmas Day 201023:30
    BBC Radio 4 FM