It's 50 years since John Betjeman was appointed Poet Laureate.

To mark the occasion Daljit Nagra chooses 'Poetry Please: Poets Laureate' with Roger McGough and a selection of works by Poets Laureate past and present.

These include Wordsworth, Tennyson, Betjeman, Ted Hughes and Carol Ann Duffy.

There's also a Cecil Day Lewis poem read by his son Daniel Day-Lewis, recorded as part of the exhibition 'Poetry for the Palace: Poets Laureate from Dryden to Duffy' at The Queen's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse.

Readers: Anton Lesser and Alice Arnold.

Producer: Sally Heaven

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2014. Show less