Dante
A collection of programmes relating to Dante, plus Dante reading Desert Island castaways.
The making of The Divine Comedy—Classic Serial, Dante Alighieri - The Divine Comedy
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—Classic Serial, Dante Alighieri - The Divine Comedy
Dante finds himself in the middle of a dark wood in extreme personal and spiritual crisis.
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3. Paradiso—Classic Serial, Dante Alighieri - The Divine Comedy
Dante's journey comes to a glorious conclusion as he and Beatrice ascend through Paradise.
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2. Purgatorio—Classic Serial, Dante Alighieri - The Divine Comedy
On their journey, 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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