All About...Alfred Noyes's The Highwayman
4 Episodes
Four programmes to explore Alfred Noyes's classic poem The Highwayman; and to understand the history behind its inspiration. We'll look at the poem, the narrative, vocabulary and poetic techniques used by Noyes as well as explore real highwaymen, and their weapons to provide an historical context for the story.
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26:43Episode 1All About the Poem The Highwayman
Episode 1
Learn all about the poem The Highwayman: with a full telling as well as exploration of the narrative and the language Noyes uses.
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All About the Poetic Techniques of The Highwayman
Episode 2
We take a closer look at the poetic techniques Alfred Noyes uses in his classic poem The Highwayman - and see parts of it performed as a ballad.
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19:21Episode 3All About Weapons of the Highwaymen
Episode 3
Learn all about the weapons used by highwaymen in the 18th Century
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37:48Episode 4All About Real Highwaymen
Episode 4
Learn about the real highwaymen of the 17th and 18th Century - who they were, what they did and why they did it.
