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Confessions of an English Opium Eater

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.

English
  • Originally Aired November 2, 2015
  • Runtime 30 minutes
  • Network BBC Four
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Name Type Role
John Cooper Clarke Writer
John Cooper Clarke Host Presenter
John Cooper Clarke Guest Star
Maurice O'Brien Director