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Poems for the BBC

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

A programme of verse specially commissioned for the 50th Anniversary of the BBC.
The poets, who read their own work, are:
DANNIE ABSE. FLEUR ADCOCK KINGSLEY AMIS, W. H. AUDEN JENI COUZYN , SHAMUS HEANEY ADRIAN HENRI
TED HUGHES , ROGER MCGOUGH
ADRIAN MITCHELL , EDWIN MORGAN WILLIAM PLOMER , PETER PORTER BRIAN PATTEN , JON SILKIN
ANTHONY THWAITE , JOHN WAIN
Introduced by GEORGE MACBETH

Contributors

Unknown:
Fleur Adcock
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W. H. Auden
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Jeni Couzyn
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Shamus Heaney
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Adrian Henri
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Ted Hughes
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Roger McGough
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Adrian Mitchell
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Edwin Morgan
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William Plomer
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Peter Porter
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Brian Patten
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Jon Silkin
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Anthony Thwaite
Introduced By:
George MacBeth
Source: Radio Times

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