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A brand new poetry slot on Radio 4 Extra gives listeners a weekly opportunity to revisit the riches of the BBC radio poetry archive

Poetry Extra: The Living Poet - Fleur Adcock

28/05/2017

The Living Poet - Fleur Adcock

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Poetry Extra, The Living Poet - Fleur Adcock

Daljit Nagra chooses 'The Living Poet', featuring New Zealand poet, Fleur Adcock.

4 Extra Debut. Poet-in-Residence Daljit Nagra chooses 'The Living Poet', featuring New Zealand poet, Fleur Adcock. From August 1985.

BBC Radio 4's Poet in Residence, Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's radio poetry with archive featuring New Zealand born poet, Fleur Adcock. 
  
"I've written a lot about places - too much, I sometimes think. It seems to have something to do with my wandering childhood". In 'The Living Poet', Fleur Adcock introduces and reads a selection from her work.

Plus, in an interview from BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour, Fleur talks to Martha Kearney about her personal life.

Producers: Fraser Steel and Olive Clancy.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1985 and 2008.

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