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With Great Pleasure
Jonathan Coe
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Novelist Jonathan Coe, author of What a Carve Up! and The Rotters' Club, presents his favourite pieces of writing to an audience at the Birmingham Literature Festival. Show more
Poetry Please
Birmingham Literature Festival
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Roger McGough presents a request edition on stage at the Birmingham Literature Festival as audience members pick their favourite poems. Show more
Poetry Please
Milosz and Dickinson
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Roger McGough presents a selection of poems by Czeslaw Milosz and Emily Dickinson, read by Peter Marinker and Eleanor Tremain. Show more
Poetry Please
Edward Thomas, Charlotte Mew, Walter de la Mare
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Roger McGough introduces a selection of requested poetry from three poets who were active one hundred years ago: Edward Thomas, Charlotte Mew and Walter de la Mare. Show more