Poetry Extra: Time For Verse

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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: Charles Causley and Robert Southey

Charles Causley and Robert Southey

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Poetry Extra, Charles Causley and Robert Southey

Daljit Nagra selects the best programmes from the BBC's poetry archive.

Daljit Nagra selects Time for Verse: Charles Causley and Time for Verse: Poets Laureate: Robert Southey.  From 1988 and 1987.

Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and  selects Time for Verse: Charles Causley and Time for Verse: Poets Laureate: Robert Southey. 

Time For Verse: Charles Causley 
The fourth of five programmes in which George MacBeth interviews Charles Causley about his life and poetry. Poems: “Uncle Stan”; “Magpie”; “Friedrich”.
Reader – Michael Deacon
Producer – Alec Reid
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1988.

Time For Verse: Poets Laureate - Robert Southey 
From a series about some famous and some forgotten holders of the office, compiled and presented by Sean Street. Robert Southey (1774-1843). Poems: “After Blenheim”; “Ode written during the negotiations with Buonaparte, in January 1814” (extract); “Funeral song for Princess Charlotte of Wales” (extracts); “Ode on the death of Queen Charlotte”.
Readers - Martin Jarvis, Adrian Cairns and David Goodland
Producer - Margaret Bradley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1987.

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