Poetry
Write Brummie. Audio, 28 minutes
A portrait of a writing day in Birmingham.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted21 November 2019
Write Brummie. Audio, 28 minutes
A portrait of a writing day in Birmingham.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Multi Story. Words. Audio, 37 minutes
Celebrating the power of words - from rescued love letters, to old age poetry writing.
- AttributionBBC Local Radio
- Available for over a year
The Susurrations of Trees. Audio, 28 minutes
Susurrations, the songs trees sing in the wind and how writers and musicians capture these
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Witness History. Memories of Wilfred Owen. Audio, 9 minutes
The British war poet's younger brother Harold Owen spoke to the BBC in the 1960s
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
I Am A Social Media Addict. The Social. Video, 00:01:46
Spoken word piece about the downsides of social media and the 'addiction' users can form.
- AttributionBBC
- Posted7 November 2019
First Words. Audio, 28 minutes
Meeting poets from Manchester spoken-word group Young Identity and its leader Shirley May
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted26 October 2019
- Attribution
- Posted25 October 2019
What Makes Us Human. Pam Ayres: What Makes Us Human? Audio, 26 minutes
The poet Pam Ayres joins Amol Rajan to answer the question. She says creativity.
- AttributionBBC Radio 2
- Available for over a year
In Our Time. Robert Burns. Audio, 52 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the poetry, ideas and life of Robert Burns (1759-1796).
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted23 October 2019
The Compass. Dominion, Dominion: The animals and the poets. Audio, 27 minutes
Writers explore our attitude to animals and attempt to uncover what our human values are
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted7 October 2019
- Attribution
- Posted3 October 2019
The Comedy Club Interviews. Salena Godden 2/2. Audio, 5 minutes
For National Poetry Day, Jessica Fostekew chats to poet Salena Godden.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Unavailable
The Comedy Club Interviews. Salena Godden 1/2. Audio, 5 minutes
Jessica Fostekew chats to poet Salena Godden.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted27 September 2019
The Essay. Beyond Borders, Stephen Sexton - The Tory Islanders. Audio, 14 minutes
Poet Stephen Sexton talks about the margins between language and image.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Monitor. A Poet in London. Video, 12 minutes
John Betjeman is filmed at different London locations reciting his poems. (1959)
- AttributionBBC
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted16 September 2019
- Attribution
- Posted30 March 2017
Schama on Blake. Audio, 28 minutes
Simon Schama with his view of William Blake, the visionary printmaker, poet and painter.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
