Poetry Extra: The Interview Archive

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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: The Interview Archive - Benjamin Zephaniah

The Interview Archive - Benjamin Zephaniah

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Poetry Extra, The Interview Archive - Benjamin Zephaniah

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

Daljit Nagra selects The Interview Archive - Benjamin Zephaniah to pay tribute to his friend and colleague. From 2004.

Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and chooses The Interview Archive to pay tribute to his late colleague Benjamin Zephaniah in the month that he would have turned 66.   

The poet, novelist and playwright shares stories from his life, including an unsettled childhood.

Benjamin recalls how he couldn't read or write until he was in his 20s. However, from an early age, poetry has been a constant. 

Interview by John Inverdale.

Producer:  Neil Trevithick

First broadcast on the BBC World Service in 2004.

Plus Daljit reads a poem from his Poetry Extra Book of the Month: Baby Schema by Isabel Galleymore.

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