Poetry Please Episodes Episode guide
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Poetry by Heart Finals 2017
Roger McGough presents a selection of poems recited at the Poetry by Heart competition.
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John Masefield and the Sea
Roger McGough marks 50 years since the death of John Masefield with poetry about the sea.
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Robert Lowell and the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Roger McGough celebrates American poet Robert Lowell and the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.
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Spring
Roger McGough explores the archives to find the most evocative poems of spring.
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In-between Days
Roger McGough presents a selection of poetry requests for an in-between time of year.
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Dusk 'til Dawn
Roger McGough presents listeners' requests for poems to take us through the night.
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The Poem as Portrait
Roger McGough presents a selection of requests for poems that paint a portrait.
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Parenting
Sally Phillips and Matt Harvey join Roger McGough to read poems about parenting.
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Philip Larkin
Roger McGough celebrates Hull's most famous librarian, Philip Larkin.
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Cities
Roger McGough takes a poetic stroll through the streets of the city.
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Poems for Dark Days
Roger McGough presents a selection of listeners' requests for poems for dark days.
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Midwinter
Roger McGough presents a selection of winter poems read by some celebrated actors.
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Seamus Heaney - Death of a Naturalist
Roger McGough marks 50 years since Seamus Heaney published Death of a Naturalist.
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Autumn
Roger McGough celebrates the autumn equinox.
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Thomas Gray
Roger McGough marks 300 years since the birth of the influential poet Thomas Gray.
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Jack Clemo at 100
Roger McGough presents a selection of poems by Jack Clemo (1916-1994).
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Elizabeth Bishop and Jorge Luis Borges
Roger McGough presents a selection of poems from Mexico, Brazil and Argentina.
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Attila the Stockbroker's Mum
Roger McGough presents a selection of listeners' poetry requests.
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Miscellany
Roger McGough presents a miscellany of listeners' poetry requests.
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Wounds and Scars
Roger McGough presents a selection of poetry requests on the theme of wounds and scars.
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Groups of Poets
Roger McGough looks at the poetry produced by groups of friends throughout history.
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08/05/2016
Roger McGough introduces poems requested by listeners.
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Listener Stories
Listeners tell Roger McGough the stories behind their poetry requests.
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Time, Memory and Remembrance
Roger McGough presents a selection of listeners' poetry requests.
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Poetry by Heart
Roger McGough presents the first in a new series from the Poetry by Heart competition.
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George Mackay Brown
Roger McGough with a programme dedicated to the Orkney poet George Mackay Brown.
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Women Poets
Roger McGough presents a selection of poetry written by women.
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Fox Running
Roger McGough presents the late Ken Smith's reading of his long poem, Fox Running.
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Bubble and Squeak
Roger McGough presents poetry old and new, happy and sad, and everything in between.
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Love and the Rest
Roger McGough with poetry of love, hate and everything in between on Poetry Please.
