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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: John Dryden, Jean Binta Breeze and Spike Milligan

John Dryden, Jean Binta Breeze and Spike Milligan

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Poetry Extra, John Dryden, Jean Binta Breeze and Spike Milligan

Daljit Nagra selects John Dryden, Jean Binta Breeze and Spike Milligan.

Poet Daljit Nagra, in an eclectic range, selects John Dryden, Jean Binta Breeze and Spike Milligan from the BBC poetry archive.

Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's radio poetry archive and chooses three programmes from the BBC archive :  Time for Verse - Poets Laureate: John Dryden presented by Sean Street ; Three Score and Ten featuring Jean Binta Breeze and Time for Verse with Spike Milligan with George MacBeth.

Time for Verse - Poets Laureate: John Dryden - presented by Sean Street 
Produced by Margaret Bradley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1987

Three Score and Ten featuring Jean Binta Breeze presented by Ian McMillan 
Produced by Sharon Sephton 
First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in 2016

Time for Verse with Spike Milligan presented by George MacBeth 
Produced by Alec Reid.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1988.

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