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Poems on the Box

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Another chance to enjoy some of the poems that first popped up unannounced during
BBC2's recent poetry week. Collected for this special anthology edition are classic poems like W B Yeats's Lake of Innisfree and Sylvia Plath 's Cut, with work from leading contemporary poets
Roger McGough , Wendy Cope , John Agard and Lynn Peters. In addition, some famous names - Michael Palin , Marje Proops , Tony Benn - read poems that have moved them or made them smile.
Producer Tim May
Executive producer Roland Keating

Contributors

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Sylvia Plath
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Roger McGough
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Wendy Cope
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John Agard
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Lynn Peters.
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Michael Palin
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Marje Proops
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Tony Benn
Producer:
Roland Keating
Source: Radio Times

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