Dante
A collection of programmes relating to Dante, plus Dante reading Desert Island castaways.
The making of The Divine Comedy—The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
The team behind Radio 4's The Divine Comedy talk about creating Dante's world in sound.
Dante's Inferno—In Our Time
Melvyn Bragg examines Dante’s ‘Inferno’, a medieval journey through Hell’s nine circles
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Hell—In Our Time
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of Hell and its representation in the arts.
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Clive James on Dante, A Season in the Congo, Paula Milne's Cultural Exchange—Front Row
Mark Lawson reviews Joe Wright's new staging of A Season in the Congo by Aime Cesaire.
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1. Inferno—The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
Dante finds himself in the middle of a dark wood in extreme personal and spiritual crisis.
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3. Paradiso—The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
Dante's journey comes to a glorious conclusion as he and Beatrice ascend through Paradise.
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2. Purgatorio—The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
Dante and Virgil encounter numerous souls who have gone before them.
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Franco Zeffirelli—Desert Island Discs
Roy Plomley's castaway is film director Franco Zeffirelli
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Nigella Lawson—Desert Island Discs
Sue Lawley's castaway is chef and broadcaster Nigella Lawson
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Luciano Pavarotti—Desert Island Discs
Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Luciano Pavarotti
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Tom Stoppard—Desert Island Discs
Roy Plomley's castaway is playwright Tom Stoppard.
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Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Artists—In Our Time
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Artists.
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