Poetry Extra: Four Seasons

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Poetry Extra: Four Seasons - A collection of poems for the Summer Solstice

Four Seasons - A collection of poems for the Summer Solstice

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Poetry Extra, Four Seasons - A collection of poems for the Summer Solstice

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

Daljit Nagra chooses Four Seasons - A collection of poems for the Summer Solstice with Fiona Benson and Kathy Towers. From 2018.

Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and chooses  Four Seasons - A collection of poems for the Summer Solstice.  

This is a compilation programme of poems that featured throughout the day on BBC Radio 4 celebrating the longest day and the official start of Summer.

Poets Fiona Benson, Kathy Towers and Raymond Antrobus join readers:

Paapa Essiedu
Michael Sheen
Simon Russell Beale
Noma Dumezweni
Harriet Walter
Siobhan Redmond
Anton Lesser

-  with poems on the theme of summer and light. 

Producer: Sarah Addezio.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 24th June 2018.

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