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Sex, Chips & Poetry: 50 Years of the Mersey Sound

Roger McGough

Brian Patten

Adrian Henri

Ellen Hobson

Nick Parnes

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03/10/2017

BBC Four - Sex, Chips & Poetry: 50 Years of the Mersey Sound

Documentary celebrating the 50th anniversary of the poetry anthology The Mersey Sound.

With the help of famous friends and fellow writers, Roger McGough and Brian Patten tell the inside story of 1967 poetry anthology The Mersey Sound and how they made poetry cool.

Fifty years ago, Penguin published its 1967 hit pop poetry book The Mersey Sound, introducing Roger McGough, Brian Patten and Adrian Henri to the world, thereby securing Liverpool as the cultural centre of the UK and bringing poetry to pop audiences. With the help of famous friends and fellow writers, McGough and Patten tell the inside story of this modern classic and how they made poetry cool.

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