Ian Hislop's Changing of the Bard

Name: Ian Hislop's Changing of the Bard
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2009-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 60 min
Rating: 4
Cast: Ian Hislop

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.