Poetry
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.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- 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
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
In Our Time. Wilfred Owen. Audio, 57 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the outstanding poets of the First World War.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- 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
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Xanadu. Audio, 28 minutes
Daljit Nagra explores the world of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's famous poem, Kubla Khan.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted15 October 2022
The Essay. Vaughan Williams: Belonging, Vaughan Williams - Clare Shaw. Audio, 14 minutes
Personal essays on what Vaughan Williams means to five different writers.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Letters to a Young Woman Poet. Audio, 28 minutes
Poets Gillian Clarke, Penelope Shuttle and Grace Nichols share insights into creativity.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Arts & Ideas. How We Read. Audio, 45 minutes
Our surprisingly complex and mysterious relationship with text explored by Matthew Sweet.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Double Vision, Alvin Pang. Audio, 14 minutes
Alvin Pang performs an essay recorded at the BBC's Contains Strong Language Festival.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted29 September 2022
The Essay. Double Vision, Anil Pradhan. Audio, 14 minutes
Anil Pradhan performs an essay recorded at the BBC's Contains Strong Language Festival.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Double Vision, Isabelle Baafi. Audio, 14 minutes
Isabelle Baafi performs an essay recorded at the BBC's Contains Strong Language Festival.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Double Vision, Roy McFarlane. Audio, 14 minutes
Roy McFarlane performs an essay recorded at the BBC's Contains Strong Language Festival.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Double Vision, Tishani Doshi. Audio, 14 minutes
Tishani Doshi performs an essay recorded at the BBC's Contains Strong Language Festival.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted20 September 2022
Imagiste. Audio, 28 minutes
Jean Sprackland explores the subversive beauty of female Imagist poets H.D. and Amy Lowell
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Between the Ears. California Burning. Audio, 29 minutes
High above the giant sequoias, poet Kim Addonizio shadows Jack Kerouac as a fire watcher.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Contains Strong Language Live from Birmingham. Audio, 28 minutes
Selections of poetry from the Contains Strong Language festival in Birmingham
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted16 September 2022
- Attribution
- Posted15 September 2022
