Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 279,596 playable programmes from the BBC

' TIME FOR VERSE'

on BBC Home Service Basic

View in Radio Times

A poetry notebook edited by Patric Dickinson. The nineteenth number includes an extract from Shakespeare's ' The Merchant of Venice'; a poem by Louis MacNeice: ' The Old Ships,' by J. E. Flecker ; an extract from Chapman's ' Homer ' ; and the sonnet ' On First Looking into Chapman's Homer.' by John Keats. Readers, Alec Clunes (now appearing at the Arts Theatre), Beryl Calder , and Harry Andrews (by permission of the Old Vic Theatre Company)

Contributors

Edited By:
Patric Dickinson.
Unknown:
J. E. Flecker
Readers:
John Keats.
Readers:
Alec Clunes
Unknown:
Beryl Calder
Unknown:
Harry Andrews

BBC Home Service Basic

About BBC Home Service

BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

Appears in

Suggest an Edit

We are trying to reflect the information printed in the Radio Times magazine.

  • Press the 'Suggest an Edit' button
  • Type in any changes to the title, synopsis or contributor information using the Radio Times Style Guide for reference.
  • Click the Submit Edits button.
    Your changes will be sent for verification and if accepted, will appear in due course More