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Skinner & Mina's Literary Road Trip: Pope & Swift
Travel · 2023
Last aired: S1 E3, Episode 3 · 2023-03-28
Frank Skinner and Denise Mina follow in the footsteps of Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift, two of the most brilliant humorists in the history of literature.
Season 1
E1
Episode 1
2023-03-14 · 60 min
Ian Hislop tells them how the two created satire that still influences writers today, before Frank and Denise explore the remains of Pope's grotto.
E2
Episode 2
2023-03-21 · 60 min
Frank and Denise discover how Alexander Pope became one of the leading poets of his age and find out how Jonathan Swift's political satire turned him into an Irish hero.
E3
Episode 3
2023-03-28 · 60 min
Frank and Denise uncover the glorious summer when Swift reunited with Pope in England, resulting in Gulliver's Travels and The Dunciad
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Denise Mina
Denise Mina
Frank Skinner
Frank Skinner