Ian Hislop takes an amused look at one of the most peculiar offices in the British establishment, that of Poet Laureate. Its 341-year history produces a gloriously eccentric picture of who we are, how we are ruled, what we want to say about ourselves and just how hard it is to do that in verse.
Sally Benton
Director
Claire Lewis
Director
McQueen74%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
Lionel Messi: Destiny78%
Love, Antosha74%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
Public Speaking70%
Directed by John Ford70%
I Am Heath Ledger74%
The Class of ‘9271%
Above Majestic73%
Night Will Fall76%
Seduced and Abandoned61%
Sidney70%
35 Up76%
Tricked: The Documentary61%
Being James Bond77%
A Plastic Ocean75%
Looking for Richard68%
Casting By68%
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story62%
