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Poetry Please

BBC Radio 4
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2/6. Roger McGough celebrates the legacy of the former poet laureate John Betjeman , who died 20 years ago this week. McGough interviews his biographer Bevis Hillier and there is a reading from Betjeman's verse autobiography, Summoned by Bells. The readers are Alice Arnold and Peter Marinker.
Producer Mark Smalley Repeated on Saturday at 11.30pm

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Roger McGough
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John Betjeman
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Bevis Hillier
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Peter Marinker.
Producer:
Mark Smalley
Source: Radio Times

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