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Poetry Please

Gothic Poetry

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Roger McGough gets eerie with selection of gothic poetry from Edgar Allen Poe, Sylvia Plath, Christina Rossetti and Percy Shelley. With archive recordings from Sir John Gielgud and Robert Donat, as well as readings by Ariyon Bakare, Jasmine Hyde and Shirley Henderson. Producer Sally Heaven. Show less

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