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Ten O'Clock News; Seamus Heaney

05/28/1984

Poet Seamus Heaney reads excerpts from “Sweeney Astray," in Grolier Book Shop. No audio at the very end.

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Series

Ten O'Clock News

Title

Seamus Heaney

Series Description

NIGHTLY NEWS WITH CHRISTOPHER LYDON AND CARMEN FIELDS Began January 1976. Replaced evening news show EVENING COMPASS. Original host: Steve Nevas. Other anchors, Christopher Lydon (1977-91) and Gail Harris (1983). In 1980 - hour long. Ended in 1991.

(PREDECESSORS: Louis Lyons began news operations at WGBH in 1952. The News at 10 began in 1966. The Reporters premiered in 1970. The Evening Compass started in 1974.) Series release date: 1/1976

Duration

00:05:02

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Subjects

Oral interpretation of poetry

Poetry

Poets

Heaney, Seamus, 1939-

Locations

Harvard Square (Cambridge, Mass.)

Genres

News Report

Topics

News

Contributors

Heaney, Seamus, 1939- (Speaker)

Lydon, Christopher (Reporter)

Citation

Chicago: “Ten O'Clock News; Seamus Heaney,” 05/28/1984, GBH Archives, accessed October 13, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_BDB7D8A5ACA446BB8B3B0B3DB138A4D4.

MLA: “Ten O'Clock News; Seamus Heaney.” 05/28/1984. GBH Archives. Web. October 13, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_BDB7D8A5ACA446BB8B3B0B3DB138A4D4>.

APA: Ten O'Clock News; Seamus Heaney. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_BDB7D8A5ACA446BB8B3B0B3DB138A4D4