Poetry
The Forum. Forugh Farrokhzad: A trailblazing voice for women in Iran. Audio, 39 minutes
How the courage and audacity of an Iranian writer continues to inspire
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Warsan Shire on a Nation of Poets. Audio, 28 minutes
British-Somali poet Warsan Shire investigates and showcases Somalia's rich poetic life.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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The Radio 3 Documentary. Unlocking Anne. Audio, 44 minutes
Poet Clare Pollard introduced us to forgotten female sonneteer, Anne Lock.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. Audio, 28 minutes
Michael Symmons Roberts on the enduring appeal of Robert Frost’s masterpiece, a century on
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Archive on 4. 'Twas the Night Before Christmas: The poem that changed the world. Audio, 57 minutes
A celebration of 'A Visit from St Nicholas' with the poet Luke Wright
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A Point of View. Turf, Babe and Me. Audio, 9 minutes
John Connell looks forward to becoming a father for the first time.
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- Available for over a year
Edward Thomas and the Song of the Path. Audio, 28 minutes
Robert Macfarlane and Johnny Flynn with Edward Thomas's Poems and Songs for the Open Air.
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- Available for over a year
The Radio 3 Documentary. Sunday Feature: Shostakovich and the Battle for Babi Yar. Audio, 44 minutes
The story of Shostakovich's Symphony No 13 and the trailblazing poem which inspired it
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Sunday Feature. Shostakovich and the Battle for Babi Yar. Audio, 44 minutes
The story of Shostakovich's Symphony No 13 and the trailblazing poem which inspired it.
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In Our Time. The Nibelungenlied. Audio, 55 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval German epic The Song of the Nibelungs.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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The Radio 3 Documentary. Briggflatts - A Northern Poetic Odyssey. Audio, 44 minutes
Rory Stewart in search of Basil Bunting’s neglected masterpiece about love, loss and time
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Sunday Feature. Briggflatts - A Northern Poetic Odyssey. Audio, 44 minutes
Rory Stewart in search of Basil Bunting’s neglected masterpiece about love, loss and time.
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Arts & Ideas. Experimental writing. Audio, 44 minutes
Shahidha Bari, Matthew Herbert, the Goldsmith Prize winners and poet Stephen Sexton
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Sunday Feature. The Most Contrary Region. Audio, 44 minutes
Paul Muldoon on how the arts influenced a century of broadcasting at the BBC in Belfast.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
House, Bridge, Fountain, Gate, Pitcher, Fruit-Tree, Window. Audio, 28 minutes
A radio hymn to the things around us inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke’s Duino Elegies.
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- Posted12 November 2022
Hold On Tight: The Women of The Waste Land. Audio, 28 minutes
Journalist Jude Rogers explores the fascinating women in TS Eliot’s poem The Waste Land.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Between the Ears. The Radio of the Future. Audio, 44 minutes
A new radio poem in three voices from Paul Farley, marking the centenary of BBC radio.
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- Available for over a year
Arts & Ideas. New Thinking: Beowulf. Audio, 31 minutes
Short: How studying grammar and computer games can explain Old English poetry
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In Our Time. Wilfred Owen. Audio, 57 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the outstanding poets of the First World War.
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- Available for over a year
The Documentary Podcast. Recaptive number 11,407. Audio, 28 minutes
Poet Raymond Antrobus traces the lost story of a deaf man freed from slavery
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- Available for over a year
Xanadu. Audio, 28 minutes
Daljit Nagra explores the world of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's famous poem, Kubla Khan.
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- Available for over a year
