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Omnibus
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S1967E04: Tyger Tyger

Omnibus · Season 1967
Aired 10 Nov 1967
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Synopsis

"Tyger tyger burning bright In the forests of the night What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry" Why does this poem by William Blake 1757-1827 stick in the mind, and seize the imagination of so many different people? Among those taking part: Kathleen Raine, Robert Graves, Richard Hoggart, Stuart Hall, Adrian Mitchell, and pupils and teachers from St. Christopher School, Letchworth; The Manchester Grammar School; Duddeston Manor School, Birmingham; Peacock Street Infants School, Manchester.

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