Name: Pope and Swift: Literary Road Trip with Frank Skinner and Denise Mina
Released: 2023-09-27T00:00:00.000Z

Pope and Swift: Literary Road Trip with Frank Skinner and Denise Mina

TV Show · Special Interest

Frank Skinner and Denise Mina follow in the footsteps of Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift, two of the most brilliant humourists in the history of literature and discover how they created a new wave of British satire which still influences comedians and writers today.

2023 · 44m

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

Frank and Denise meet with Private Eye editor, Ian Hislop to discover how Pope and Swift created satire that still influences comedians and writers today and go underground to explore the remains of Pope's famous grotto on the banks of the river Thames.

44m
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

Frank and Denise discover how Pope became the superstar poet of the age and travel to Ireland, to find out how Swift's inciteful political satire turned him into a national hero.

44m
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

Frank and Denise explore the final years of Pope and Swift's friendship as Swift returns to England to spend a glorious summer with Pope resulting in their definitive satirical works, Gulliver's Travels and The Dunciad.

45m

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