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Poetry Extra

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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 Slow Machine

The Slow Machine

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Poetry Extra, The Slow Machine

Daljit Nagra chooses a run of poems featuring Poet Laureates. First, Jo Bell.

4 Extra Debut. Daljit Nagra introduces The Slow Machine featuring the former Canal Laureate, Jo Bell. From June 2016.

Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's radio poetry archive with The Slow Machine featuring the former Canal Laureate, Jo Bell.

Jo Bell's 67ft narrowboat 'Tinker' has been her floating, roving home for 13 years. As she prepares to leave Tinker for a new boat, she writes a poem series about her years afloat. Elderflower, coal smoke and diesel. Ducks, engines and ratcheting locks. 

The Slow Machine weaves soundscape and words into a documentary poem of canal life. 

'Jo Bell is one of the most exciting poets now writing and no time is wasted in the company of her work.' - Carol Ann Duffy.

With music by The Cabinet of Living Cinema.

Producer: Mair Bosworth. 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2016.

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