8/8. Roger McGough introduces requests for poems that remember the past, and past conflicts. Including poems by Wilfred Owen , Emily Bronte and Andrew Motion. The readers are Kate Littlewood and Bill Wallis.
Producer Mark Smalley Repeated on Saturday at 11.30pm
BBC AUDIO: A special edition celebrating 25 years of Poetry Please is available on CD from all good retail outlets or from www.bbcshop.com. Call [number removed]