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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: Carol Ann Duffy

Time for Verse: Carol Ann Duffy

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Poetry Extra, Time for Verse: Carol Ann Duffy

Daljit Nagra continues a series featuring Poet Laureates. This week, Carol Ann Duffy.

Made for 4 Extra. Daljit Nagra introduces Time for Verse featuring Carol Ann Duffy. Presented by George MacBeth. From 1989.

Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's radio poetry archive and selects Time for Verse (episodes 1 and 2) featuring Carol Ann Duffy in conversation with George MacBeth.  

They talk of growing up in Liverpool and the public and political poetry of Duffy's early writing years.  

Produced by Alec Reid

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989

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