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The Verb Celebrates 35 Years of Spoken Word

Ian McMillan presents the story of spoken word in the UK - from Hull, with John Hegley.

• 102 mins

How do you choose a mentor?

Guests include Margaret Cho, Sarah Howe, Tim X Atack, Hollie McNish & Rosy Carrick.

• 49 mins

The Scrolling Verb

Ian McMillan's guests on scrolling and scrolls include David Schneider and Ira Lightman.

• 49 mins

The Verb's 'Out of this World' Christmas Special

Carol Ann Duffy, Hollie McNish and Abandoman join Ian McMillan for a sci-fi Christmas.

• 52 mins

Chest of Drawers

Ian McMillan's guests are Ron Padgett, Hollie McNish, Harry Giles, and Laurie Bolger.

• 49 mins

Lord Fox, David Crystal and Jenny Colgan

Ian McMillan's guests are David Crystal, poet Mike Garry and novelist Jenny Colgan.

• 49 mins

Kerry Andrew, Danez Smith, Hollie McNish and Jenni Fagan

Ian McMillan and Hollie McNish present the best in new poetry.

• 49 mins

The Wellbeing Verb

Melissa Lee-Houghton, Julie Hesmondhalgh and George Szirtes.

• 48 mins

Fighting Talk

Willy Vlautin, Ben Crystal and Ross Sutherland get physical with language.

• 44 mins

Poetry Book Club with Douglas Dunn

Ian McMillan and the Poetry Book Club audience are joined by Douglas Dunn.

• 43 mins

Notes on The Verb

Writer Toby Litt and journalist Jude Rogers take notes with Ian McMillan.

• 47 mins

The Local Verb

Sarah Hall, Hollie McNish & Vanessa Kisuule, Ari Eldjarn, and Rob Drummond.

• 47 mins

W.S. Graham

The Verb visits Cornwall to celebrate the centenary of the poet W.S. Graham.

• 44 mins

Algorithms

Getting creative with code with Eugenia Cheng and Helen Arney.

• 43 mins

Night Meetings - Japan

The Verb meets the language of night-time Japan - in comedy, poetry and 'the blues'.

• 55 mins

Autism: poetry, language and writing

With Henry Normal, Kate Fox, James McGrath and Alicia Kopf.

• 50 mins

Jan Morris

A special extended interview with travel writer Jan Morris.

• 44 mins

The Festival Verb

Ian McMillan's guests include Murray Lachlan Young, Louise Welsh, and William Letford.

• 54 mins

The Verb at the Hay Festival.

Ian McMillan talks resilience with The Last Poets, Michael Morpurgo and Helen Mort.

• 47 mins

Michael Ondaatje

Ian McMillan is joined by Michael Ondaatje for a special edition of The Verb.

• 43 mins

Northern Rocks

The language and literature of northern rocks and climbing.

• 48 mins

The NHS at 70

The Verb celebrates the NHS at 70.

• 53 mins

The Verb at the Proms

Ian McMillan is joined by Michael Palin, Anne Dudley, Jason Singh and Mojdeh Stoakley.

• 44 mins

Latitude Festival

Join Ian and guests at the Latitude Festival's Speakeasy stage

• 54 mins

Contains Strong Language festival

The Verb at Contains Strong Language with Jackie Kay, Gruff Rhys and Louise Wallwein

• 53 mins

Young Poets

The Verb at the 'Contains Strong Language' festival in Hull with the Foyle Young Poets

• 49 mins

Failure for Writers

The Verb on 'failure' with Kate Fox, Mohammed Hanif, Scanner and Bryony Kimmings

• 51 mins

Into The Forest

The Verb explores the forest as metaphor with Terry Deary and Pascale Petit

• 45 mins

Instagram Poetry

featuring Yrsa Daley-Ward

• 49 mins

Writing The Midlands

The Verb on The Midlands with Jonathan Coe, Liz Berry, Polar Bear

• 49 mins