Poetry Extra: The Echo Chamber

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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: Borders Met and Crossed

Borders Met and Crossed

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Poetry Extra, Borders Met and Crossed

Daljit Nagra chooses the best poetry programmes from the BBC archives.

Daljit Nagra chooses The Echo Chamber - Borders Met and Crossed.  Presented by Paul Farley.  From 2013.

Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and analyses captivating poetry programmes - this week The Echo Chamber - Borders Met and Crossed.  

Adventures in strong language - performed and from the page - introduced by a master of poetic ceremonies, Paul Farley. 

The River Styx where the dead arrive and the shape-shifting places where people become other animals are among the subjects.

Jo Shapcott, James Lasdun and Simon Armitage come to the edge and shout their poems across. 

Producer: Tim Dee

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013.

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