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BBC Radio 3 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Third Programme.

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The Verb: The Intimacy of Names

The Intimacy of Names

BBC Radio 4 - The Verb, The Intimacy of Names

Ian McMillan's guests include Jackie Kay, Liz Berry and Christopher Reid.

Ian McMillan's guests include poets Jackie Kay, Liz Berry and Christopher Reid.

Secret names, original names, nicknames, invented names for characters - this Verb explores the intimacy of naming, the sound of names, and the way they can influence character.

Ian is joined by the former Makar (National Poet of Scotland) Jackie Kay, with a brand new commission for The Verb -  by Liz Berry, who shares poems about an ancestor called Eliza from her new collection 'Home Child' - and by Christopher Reid with explorations of childhood (and an imaginary character called Theodore Faddlefoot) all taken from his collection 'Toys/Tricks/Traps' - just published.

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