Written and presented by Keith Bosley
Of what use are we singers what Qood we cuckoo-callers if no fire spurts from our mouths no brand from beneath our tongue and no smoke after our words.
KEITH BOSLEY , With the help of Senni Timonen from the Finnish
Literature Society, looks at the tradition of Finnish Folk Poetrv and the background to the Kalevala.
Poems read in English by MIRIAM MARGOLYES and JOHN ROWE.
Poems read in Finnish by SIRPA RASANEN and ERKKI TOIVANEN.
Programme consultant DR MICHAEL BRANCH
Producer MICHAEL BARTLETT followed by an interlude