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Sex, Chips & Poetry: 50 Years of the Mersey Sound

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Fifty years ago, Penguin published its 1967 hit pop poetry book The Mersey Sound, introducing Roger McGough, Brian Patten and Adrian Henri to the world, thereby securing Liverpool as the cultural centre of the UK and bringing poetry to pop audiences. With the help of famous friends and fellow writers, McGough and Patten tell the inside story of this modern classic and how they made poetry cool. Show less

Contributors

Participant:
Roger McGough
Participant:
Brian Patten
Participant:
Adrian Henri
Series Producer:
Ellen Hobson
Executive Producer:
Nick Parnes

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