麻豆约拍

Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the 麻豆约拍's poetry archive and selects two programmes: Time For Verse: Charles Causley and Blithe Sprits on poetry written about pets.

Time For Verse: Charles Causley 鈥� Ep 1/5
George MacBeth talks to Cornish poet, Charles Causley. Poems: 鈥淏etjeman 1984鈥�; 鈥淎rmistice Day鈥�; 鈥淣ursery Rhyme Of Innocence And Experience鈥�. Reader - Michael Deacon.

Producer - Alec Reid
First broadcast on 麻豆约拍 Radio 4 in 1988.

Blithe Sprits - 5/5 Pets
Cats, dogs and even hares have inspired great poetry, often written by their owners when the animals died. In this programme, Joanna Pinnock explores the roles of pets in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries and finds out why they make such good subjects for epitaphs.

Producer 鈥� Brett Westwood.

First broadcast on 麻豆约拍 Radio 4 in 2001.