Yeats - The Man and the Echo (2015) BBC ABEE

Yeats - The Man and the Echo (2015) BBC ABEE



Yeats - The Man and the Echo
BBC Radio 4
21 June - 5 July 2015

Three Irish writers choose three Yeats poems as inspiration for a story.

Episode 1 - Sailing to Byzantium (21 June 2015)
Niall Williams' enchanting story inspired by WB Yeats' poem about mortality and immortality.

An old man walks through a dusty and hot antiques shop where he finds something remarkable and life changing.

Writer ..... Niall Williams
Reader ..... Dermot Crowley
Producer ..... Kirsty Williams

A BBC Scotland Production for BBC Radio 4.

Episode 2 - An Irish Airman Foresees His Death (28 June 2015)
Lynda Radley's poignant story inspired by WB Yeats' sonnet about a World War I fighter-pilot.

An Irish airline pilot with a gambling problem reflects on his life.
Writer Lynda Radley
Reader Eugene O'Hare
Producer Kirsty Williams

Episode 3 - What Then? (5 July 2015)
Dermot Bolger's reflective story inspired by WB Yeats' poem about the endless doubts writers face.

A young man timidly embarking on a life as a writer meets an old man with a story to tell.

Writer Dermot Bolger
Reader Paul Hickey
Producer Kirsty Williams

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05zgy72