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phantomathkg 15 hours ago

The recital by Christopher Eccleston is more dramatic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB4cdRgIcB8

kjellsbells 12 hours ago | parent [-]

There's an excellent In Our Time episode on Owen available from the BBC ([1], [2]) where Melvin Bragg gives an gentle yet chilling reading of the climax of the poem (about 29 minutes in). And like many IOT episodes, provides great context and detail eg on Jessie Pope, Sassoon, and so on.

[1] https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001df48 [2] https://open.spotify.com/episode/2nd5iWVnNCWL2ulAVsSDLe

jfengel 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Bragg is an absolute national treasure. It will take time to warm to his successor, who is doing a fine job but I've grown so used to that voice.