Poetry Please Episodes Episode guide
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15/02/2009
Roger McGough introduces a selection of poems by the late Adrian Mitchell.
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08/02/2009
Roger McGough introduces listeners' requests for poems on the subject of love.
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01/02/2009
Roger McGough introduces listeners' requests.
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25/01/2009
John Mackay reads poems by Robert Burns to celebrate the 250th anniversary of his birth.
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18/01/2009
Actress Lindsay Duncan reads Keats's erotic and magical poem The Eve of St Agnes.
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11/01/2009
Including poems from Emily Dickinson, Emily Bronte, Carol Ann Duffy and William Blake.
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26/10/2008
Roger McGough introduces listeners' requests.
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19/10/2008
Roger McGough introduces listeners' requests. Recorded at Cheltenham Literature Festival.
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12/10/2008
Roger McGough introduces listeners' requests.
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05/10/2008
Roger McGough introduces listeners' requests.
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28/09/2008
Roger McGough introduces listeners' requests for the works of Christina Rossetti.
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21/09/2008
Roger McGough marks the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Robert W Service.
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14/09/2008
Roger McGough spotlights poetry that spans the ages.
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20/07/2008
Roger McGough presents a special programme, live from the Latitude Festival in Suffolk.
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13/07/2008
Roger McGough introduces some classic ballads, including the tale of Sir Patrick Spens.
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06/07/2008
Roger McGough introduces requests for the work of Alexander Pope.
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29/06/2008
Roger McGough introduces requests for poems with a distinctly Gothic and funereal flavour.
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22/06/2008
With guest Fleur Adcock. The readers are Rebecca Smart and Mark Meadows.
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15/06/2008
Including a short interview with poet Mimi Khalvati.
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08/06/2008
Poetry on parenting and friendship, read by Stephanie Cole, Rebecca Smart and William Hope
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01/06/2008
Roger McGough introduces a special edition, recorded at The Hay Festival.
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25/05/2008
Featured works include Carol Ann Duffy's Elvis's Twin Sister.
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18/05/2008
Roger McGough revisits some readings recorded for Poetry Please by the late Paul Scofield.
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17/02/2008
Roger McGough presents a selection of poems by writers perhaps better known as novelists.
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10/02/2008
Roger McGough introduces requests for poems that take a wry look at love and relationships
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03/02/2008
Roger McGough presents poetry by Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
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27/01/2008
Roger McGough with a selection of listeners' favourite poetry, from Yevtushenko to Yeats.
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20/01/2008
Roger McGough presents a selection of poetry including pieces by Kipling and Muriel Spark.
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13/01/2008
Roger McGough presents wildlife poetry by DH Lawrence, Elizabeth Bishop and others.
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18/11/2007
Roger McGough celebrates the 250th anniversary of the birth of William Blake.
