Pope & Swift: Literary Road Trip

Frank Skinner and Denise Mina meet with editor Ian Hislop to discover how Pope and Swift created satire that still influences comedians and writers today.

Frank and Denise discover how Pope became the superstar poet of the age, then travel to Ireland to find out how Swift's inciteful political satire turned him into a national hero.

Frank and Denise explore the final years of Pope and Swift's friendship, a time that resulted in their definitive satirical works, Gulliver's Travels and The Dunciad.