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Confessions of an English Opium Eater
Episode 4 of 6
John Cooper Clarke explores Thomas de Quincey's Confessions of an English Opium Eater, and discovers how this addiction memoir avoids the cliches of modern 'misery-lit'.
Performance poet John Cooper Clarke explores Thomas de Quincey's autobiographical classic Confessions of an English Opium Eater, and discovers how his fellow Mancunian's addiction memoir avoids the cliches of modern 'misery-lit' in favour of something much more unsentimental and psychologically complex.
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Tue 7 Apr 2020
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| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | John Cooper Clarke |
| Series Producer | Bill MacLeod |
| Executive Producer | Richard Bright |
| Producer | Maurice O'Brien |
| Director | Maurice O'Brien |
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