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Tim Minchin
Ian McMillan speaks to comedian, author and composer Tim Minchin.
The Tense Verb
Philip Pullman, Hollie McNish, and Francesca Martinez join Ian McMillan.
The Stoic Verb
Guests include Angie Hobbs, Coralie Bickford-Smith, Ned Boulting and John Osborne.
The Verb Celebrates 35 Years of Spoken Word
Ian McMillan presents the story of spoken word in the UK - from Hull, with John Hegley.
How do you choose a mentor?
Guests include Margaret Cho, Sarah Howe, Tim X Atack, Hollie McNish & Rosy Carrick.
The Scrolling Verb
Ian McMillan's guests on scrolling and scrolls include David Schneider and Ira Lightman.
The Verb's 'Out of this World' Christmas Special
Carol Ann Duffy, Hollie McNish and Abandoman join Ian McMillan for a sci-fi Christmas.
Chest of Drawers
Ian McMillan's guests are Ron Padgett, Hollie McNish, Harry Giles, and Laurie Bolger.
Lord Fox, David Crystal and Jenny Colgan
Ian McMillan's guests are David Crystal, poet Mike Garry and novelist Jenny Colgan.
Kerry Andrew, Danez Smith, Hollie McNish and Jenni Fagan
Ian McMillan and Hollie McNish present the best in new poetry.
The Wellbeing Verb
Melissa Lee-Houghton, Julie Hesmondhalgh and George Szirtes.
Fighting Talk
Willy Vlautin, Ben Crystal and Ross Sutherland get physical with language.
Poetry Book Club with Douglas Dunn
Ian McMillan and the Poetry Book Club audience are joined by Douglas Dunn.
Notes on The Verb
Writer Toby Litt and journalist Jude Rogers take notes with Ian McMillan.
The Local Verb
Sarah Hall, Hollie McNish & Vanessa Kisuule, Ari Eldjarn, and Rob Drummond.
W.S. Graham
The Verb visits Cornwall to celebrate the centenary of the poet W.S. Graham.
Algorithms
Getting creative with code with Eugenia Cheng and Helen Arney.
Night Meetings - Japan
The Verb meets the language of night-time Japan - in comedy, poetry and 'the blues'.
Autism: poetry, language and writing
With Henry Normal, Kate Fox, James McGrath and Alicia Kopf.
Jan Morris
A special extended interview with travel writer Jan Morris.
The Festival Verb
Ian McMillan's guests include Murray Lachlan Young, Louise Welsh, and William Letford.
The Verb at the Hay Festival.
Ian McMillan talks resilience with The Last Poets, Michael Morpurgo and Helen Mort.
Michael Ondaatje
Ian McMillan is joined by Michael Ondaatje for a special edition of The Verb.
Northern Rocks
The language and literature of northern rocks and climbing.
The NHS at 70
The Verb celebrates the NHS at 70.
The Verb at the Proms
Ian McMillan is joined by Michael Palin, Anne Dudley, Jason Singh and Mojdeh Stoakley.
Latitude Festival
Join Ian and guests at the Latitude Festival's Speakeasy stage
Contains Strong Language festival
The Verb at Contains Strong Language with Jackie Kay, Gruff Rhys and Louise Wallwein
Young Poets
The Verb at the 'Contains Strong Language' festival in Hull with the Foyle Young Poets
Failure for Writers
The Verb on 'failure' with Kate Fox, Mohammed Hanif, Scanner and Bryony Kimmings
Into The Forest
The Verb explores the forest as metaphor with Terry Deary and Pascale Petit