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Weekly opportunity for listeners to revisit the riches of the BBC radio poetry archive

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 Bards of Whitelocks Bar

01/04/2018

The Bards of Whitelocks Bar

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Poetry Extra, The Bards of Whitelocks Bar

Poet Daljit Nagra introduces The Bards of Whitelocks Bar, famous for its poetic punters.

4 Extra Debut. Poet Daljit Nagra introduces The Bards of Whitelocks Bar, famous for its poetic punters.  Jean Sprackland presents. From April 2013.

Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's radio poetry archive with 'The Bards of Whitelocks Bar'. 

Poet Jean Sprackland visits the characterful Leeds city centre bar, Whitelocks, famous for its poetic punters from Betjeman to TS Eliot. 

In the company of poets Ian Duhig, Jon Glover, Rommi Smith and Antony Dunn, she explores the legacy of the post-war Leeds poetry renaissance that produced such eminent poets as Geoffrey Hill, Tony Harrison and Jon Silkin.

Producer: Emma Harding

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008.

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