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Poetry Please

Islands and High Seas

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Poems that evoke distant islands and the delights and dangers of the high seas sail through this show, with Roger McGough at the helm. Works by Auden, UA Fanthorpe, Ogden Nash, Kipling and others are read by Adjoa Andoh and Patrick Romer.

Producer: Mark Smalley. Show less

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