Monday, 19/10/2015The Secret Life of Books: Edward Lear's Nonsense Songs (BBC4, 8pm)The BBC's poetry season continues with an insight into Victorian writer Edward Lear. Nicholas Parsons is a long-standing fan of his work, and has previously presented an edition of Radio 4's Great Lives which focused on Lear, so he's the perfect person to delve further into the author's life and work. Lear is perhaps best known for his nonsense verse, which includes limericks (a form he popularised) and The Owl...
