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Simon Armitage

Mark and Stuart's guest today is poet Simon Armitage.

Mark and Stuart's guest today is poet Simon Armitage. Zoom!, his first full-length collection of poems, was published in 1989 and since then he's written stage plays, television film scripts and novels as well as many more poetry collections. He joins Mark and Stuart to discuss his latest collection 'Flit'.

As ever the show also contains all the very latest news from the world of music and all the very latest tunes. Plus The Chain continues, where you pick a song to link into the last in whatever way you see fit. There's Tea Time Theme Time - 3 songs connected by a theme known only to the compiler, until someone manages to guess the link.

3 hours

Last on

Mon 21 May 2018 13:00

Music Played

  • The KLF

    Last Train To Trancentral

    • EMI.
  • Arctic Monkeys

    One Point Perspective

    • Domino.
  • Sandi Sheldon

    You're Gonna Make Me Love You

    • The Best Northern Soul All-Nighter (V.
    • Virgin.
  • Black

    The Sweetest Smile

    • Wonderful Life.
    • Universal.
    • 10.
  • The Coral

    Sweet Release

    • Ignition Records.
  • Firestations

    Make Your Own Mind Up

    • The Year Dot.
    • Lost Map Records.
  • Television

    Marquee Moon

    • Virgin.
  • Orbital

    Tiny Foldable Cities

    • ACP Recordings.
  • Cherym

    Take it Back

    • Moth Breatherz EP.
    • 1.
  • King Curtis

    Memphis Soul Stew

    • Atlantic.
  • Unknown Mortal Orchestra

    Everyone Acts Crazy Nowadays

    • Jagjaguwar.
  • Jean-Claude Vannier

    Les Gardes Violent Au Secours Du Roi

    • Paris In The Spring.
    • Ace Records.
  • Portishead

    It Could Be Sweet

  • Lykke Li

    deep end

    • LL Recordings/RCA Records.
  • Amber Arcades

    Simple Song

    • European Heartbreak.
    • Heavenly.
  • M83

    Reunion

    • Naive.
  • Childish Gambino

    This Is America

    • RCA Records.
  • Hookworms

    Ullswater

    • Domino Recording Co. Ltd..
  • Missy Elliott

    4 My People (feat. Eve)

    • elektra.
  • Franz Ferdinand

    Glimpse Of Love (Version)

    • Domino Recording Co. Ltd..
  • Parquet Courts

    Normalization

    • Wide Awake!.
    • Rough Trade.
  • The Field Mice

    Missing The Moon

    • CD Single.
    • Sarah Records.
  • Goat

    Let It Burn

    • Rocket Recordings.
  • The Beatles

    I'm Down

    • Past Masters Volume One.
    • Apple.
  • Young Fathers

    Toy

    • Ninja Tune.
  • Therapy?

    Screamager

  • The Go! Team

    Bottle Rocket

  • Was (Not Was)

    Walk The Dinosaur

  • Whyte Horses

    The Best Of It (feat. La Roux)

    • CRC Music.
  • Josh T. Pearson

    Straight At Me

    • Mute Records.
  • Todd Terje

    Inspector Norse

    • It's Album Time.
    • Olsen Records.
    • 001.

Broadcast

  • Mon 21 May 2018 13:00