Original version

BBC Radio 4 Extra

Poetry Extra

Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media

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: Benjamin Zephaniah/Gavin Ewart

06/05/2018

Benjamin Zephaniah/Gavin Ewart

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Poetry Extra, Benjamin Zephaniah/Gavin Ewart

Poet Daljit Nagra celebrates Benjamin Zephaniah at 60 with an edition of Time for Verse.

4 Extra Debut. Poet Daljit Nagra celebrates Benjamin Zephaniah at 60 with an edition of Time for Verse. Plus Gavin Ewart.

Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's radio poetry archive to select two programmes:   

To mark his colleague's 60th birthday - Time for Verse with Benjamin Zephaniah - reading his poems and talking to Carol Ann Duffy (the current Poet Laureate). From 1991.  

Time for Verse with Gavin Ewart - a poet who fought in the Second World War - in conversation with George MacBeth. From 1998.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4.

Your digital radio entertainment station showcasing the best in comedy and drama

Your digital radio entertainment station showcasing the best in comedy and drama. With recent favourites from BBC Radio 4.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Poetry Extra

Benjamin Zephaniah/Gavin Ewart

Genres

Brand

BBC Radio 4 Extra

About BBC Radio 4 Extra