麻豆约拍

Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the 麻豆约拍's poetry archive and selects three poets this week:-

Time For Verse - Poets Laureate: Alfred Austin (1835-1913).
The series about some famous and some forgotten holders of the office, compiled and presented by Sean Street.
Readers Martin Jarvis, Adrian Cairns and David Goodland
Producer - Margaret Bradley

First broadcast on 麻豆约拍 Radio 4 in 1987.

Three Score And Ten - Edmund Blunden presented by Ian McMillan.

First World War Poet, Edmund Blunden who battled at Ypres and The Somme, reads his own poem Concert Party from a broadcast in 1957.

Followed by Report on Experience, a powerful lyric about nation and the self being impacted on by war.
Producer - Sharon Sephton

First broadcast on Radio 3 in 2016 - with archive readings from 1957 and 1966.

Time For Verse - Charles Causley, Part 5/5
The last of five programmes in which George MacBeth interviews Charles Causley about his life and poetry.
Poems 鈥� 鈥淒ick Lander鈥�; 鈥淏ridie Wiles鈥�; 鈥淓den Rock鈥�; 鈥淪ibard鈥檚 Well鈥�.
Reader - Michael Deacon
Producer - Alec Reid

First broadcast on 麻豆约拍 Radio 4 in 1988

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