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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: Time for Verse - Spike Milligan

Time for Verse - Spike Milligan

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Poetry Extra, Time for Verse - Spike Milligan

Poet Daljit Nagra selects the very best from the BBC's Poetry archive.

Made for 4 Extra. Daljit Nagra introduces Time for Verse with Spike Milligan in conversation with George MacBeth. From 1988.

Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's radio poetry archive selecting Time for Verse with Spike Milligan in conversation with George MacBeth.  

Featuring episodes 3 and 4, Spike talks about his life and poetry, with examples of his poems read by Tony Robinson. 

Poems:

What The Wiggle Woggle Said 
Tell Me Little Woodworm 
Dr. David Mantle 
Revenge
From Harry Secombe 
Failure 
Grandad's Bedtime Story 
Two Funny 
The Future 
2B Or Not 2B 

Producer – Alec Reid  

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1988.

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