The Verb Episodes Episode guide
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01/02/2008
Ian McMillan is joined by singer and songwriter Devon Sproule.
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25/01/2008
Ian McMillan presents the cabaret of language, poetry and performance.
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18/01/2008
Ian McMillan presents the weekly magazine about language.
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11/01/2008
Ian McMillan talks to poet and critic Tom Paulin about the secret life of poems.
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21/12/2007
Ian McMillan presents a special midwinter edition of the language magazine.
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14/12/2007
Ian McMillan with Radio 3's weekly cabaret of language, poetry and performance.
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30/11/2007
Ian McMillan is joined by novelist Toby Litt and folk legend Ashley Hutchings.
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23/11/2007
Ian McMillan talks to award-winning Norwegian poet Hanne Bramness.
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16/11/2007
With Ian McMillan. Poets Eleanor Rees and Paul Farley try to define 'Free Verse'.
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02/11/2007
Ian McMillan with a specially commissioned poem about China's Terracotta Army.
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26/10/2007
Ian McMillan with poetry and new writing, including a performance from Ken Campbell.
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05/10/2007
Ian McMillan and guests read Bernard Malamud and ask if north and south divides UK poetry.
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28/09/2007
Ian McMillan is joined by poet Linton Kwesi Johnson and language expert Robert Vanderplank
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21/09/2007
Ian McMillan presents the weekly magazine about language.
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Unwritten Poems - Verb Podcast Extra
A chance to hear the poems from the Unwritten event at 'Contains Strong Language' in full
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Tim Minchin (Summer Rebroadcast)
45 minutes with comedian & composer Tim Minchin on his love of language and wordplay
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The Verb's Tribute to John Ashbery
Ian McMillan presents two interviews with John Ashbery from The Verb's archives.
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the Verb's Summer Archive with Thom Gunn
Ian's archive choice this week is an episode from 2003 featuring the great poet Thom Gunn
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The Verb in Derry~Londonderry (Summer rebroadcast)
In 2013 we visited City of Culture Derry~Londonderry and met some of its finest writers
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The T S Eliot Prize
T S Eliot Prize readings from London, Southbank
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The Stoic Verb (Summer Rebroadcast)
Can stoicism help us live a better life? Ian McMillan investigates...
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The Oh! Verb (Summer Repeat)
Oh yes, it's a whole Verb on one vowel! The letter O in all its rounded splendour.
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The Language of Dance (Summer Rebroadcast)
Ian McMillan and guests face the language and dance!
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The Freethinking Verb with Podcast Poet Jo Bell
Ian Mc Millan presents the second Freethinking Verb
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The Dawn Chorus (Summer Repeat)
Poetry of the dawn with Alex Preston, Geraldine Monk, Caroline Bergvall & Geoff Sample
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Persuasion
Ian McMillan and guests examine the language of persuasion.
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Ian McMillan's archive pick with Barry Hines
We're on our summer holidays so Ian is delving into The Verb archive