Poetry Extra Episodes Episode guide
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Lyrical Ballads - 3/5 Poverty and Politics
Daljit Nagra continues with a rare double act in poetry.
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Lyrical Ballads - Children and Childhood
Daljit Nagra revisits Lyrical Ballads: Children and Childhood presented by Steve Connor.
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Lyrical Ballads - 1/5 The Nature of Inspiration
Daljit Nagra introduces a double act in poetry and selects Postscript - Lyrical Ballads.
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Michael Longley
Daljit Nagra introduces Poet of the Month, Michael Longley, presented by Clive Wilmer.
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Derek Mahon
Daljit Nagra introduces the work of the contemporary Irish poet Derek Mahon.
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Ezra Caged
Poet in Residence Daljit Nagra introduces Ezra Caged, presented by Jeremy Harding.
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The Dub Poetry of Linton Kwesi Johnson
Poet in Residence Daljit Nagra introduces Dread, Beat an' Blood.
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National Poetry Day 2016
Sarah Howe, Maura Dooley and Denise Riley join Daljit Nagra to mark National Poetry Day.
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Poet of Albion
Daljit Nagra on the life of the radical London artist and poet, William Blake.
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South of My Days
Daljit Nagra introduces South of My Days, featuring Australian poet Judith Wright.
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Poetry and the Russian Soul 2
'Set the hearts of men on fire with your word.' Poetry and the Russian Soul.
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Poetry and the Russian Soul
Daljit Nagra introduces Poetry and the Russian Soul, presented by Martin Sixsmith.
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Adventures in Poetry - The Listeners
Daljit Nagra introduces the classic poem The Listeners by Walter de la Mare.
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Adventures in Poetry - Not Waving but Drowning
Daljit Nagra introduces Adventures in Poetry featuring Stevie Smith and her powerful poem.
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Contemporary American Poets - Charles Simic and Louise Gluck
Daljit Nagra introduces Postscript: Contemporary American Poets featuring Gluck and Simic.
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Tales from Ovid - Arethusa; Salamacis and Hermaphroditus; Actaeon;Tiresias
Daljit Nagra introduces stories including Tiresias retold from Ovid's Metamorphoses.
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Tales from Ovid: Pyramus and Thisbe; Erysichthon
Daljit Nagra introduces tales from Ovid's Metamorphoses, including' Pyramus and Thisbe'.
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Tales from Ovid: Semele; Peleus and Thetis; Pygmalion; The Birth of Hercules
Daljit Nagra introduces stories retold from Ovid's Metamorphoses including Pygmalion.
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Tales from Ovid: Arachne; Midas
Daljit Nagra introduces Arachne and Midas, stories retold from Ovid's Metamorphoses.
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Tales from Ovid: Echo and Narcissus & Callisto and Arcas
Daljit Nagra introduces a prize-winning retelling of tales from Ovid's Metamorphoses.
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Poetry Idol
Daljit Nagra introduces Poetry Idol - a contest to find the best poet in the Middle East.
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Beacons and Blue Remembered Hills
Daljit Nagra introduces Beacons and Blue Remembered Hills - the poetry of AE Housman.
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Tagore at 150
Daljit Nagra on an event marking the anniversary of the poet's birth at Dartington Hall.
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David Walliams on Philip Larkin
Daljit Nagra introduces David Walliams on Philip Larkin.
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Paul Celan in Mapesbury Road
Daljit Nagra introduces Paul Celan in Mapesbury Road - Europe's master elegist.
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Crazy For Love - Layla and the Mad Poet
Daljit Nagra introduces Crazy for Love, one of the greatest Middle East love stories.
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Cold War Poet
Daljit Nagra on how Dylan Thomas' poetry sustained a generation of East Germans.
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We Real Cool - The Poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks
The poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks with the voices of her friends and family.
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Rilke's Sonnets to Orpheus - Dancing the Orange
Daljit Nagra introduces the story of a great modern masterpiece.
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A Notebook on AimΓ© CΓ©saire
Daljit Nagra introduces A Notebook on AimΓ© CΓ©saire, a portrait of Martinique's famous son.