Poetry Please

Last Edited: 07-Jun-2018 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Date
 		Title
 		Cast
 		Parameters
BBC R4
04-Dec-2004
 Poems for Infant Minds

15-May-2005 to
13-Nov-2005
 17 episodes
7:56:07
01-Jan-2006 to
31-Dec-2006
 28 episodes
12:59:29
07-Jan-2007 to
18-Nov-2007
 26 episodes
12:20:25
2008
Date
 		Title
 		Cast
 		Parameters
14-Sep-2008
 		Listener Requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Mark Smalley
 		27:53, 26146, S
21-Sep-2008
 		Robert W Service Roger McGough
produced by Mark Smalley
 		27:52, 26130, S
28-Sep-2008
 		Christina Rossetti
 		Roger McGough
produced by Mark Smalley
 		27:50, 26100, S
05-Oct-2008
 		Listener Requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan
 		27:58, 26228, S
12-Oct-2008
 		Listener Requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan
 		28:05, 26329, S
19-Oct-2008
 		Funny Poems
 		Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan
 		27:52, 26133, S
26-Oct-2008
 		poems that celebrate the natural
world
 		Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan
 		27:36, 25890, S
13-Jan-2008 to
26-Oct-2008
 total of 26 episodes including
the above
11:34:34
2009
Date
 		Title
 		Cast
 		Parameters
11-Jan-2009
 		Listener Requests Roger McGough
produced by Beth O'Dee
 		27:56, 26201, S
18-Jan-2009
 		The Eve of St Agnes by John Keats Roger McGough
produced by Beth O'Dee
 		27:19, 25621, S
25-Jan-2009
 		Robert Burns
 		Roger McGough
produced by Beth O'Dee
 		27:40, 25953, S
01-Feb-2009
 		Listener Requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Mary Ward-Lowrey
 		28:04, 26320, S
08-Feb-2009
 		Love Poems
 		Roger McGough
produced by Mary Ward-Lowrey
 		27:36, 25883, S
15-Feb-2009
 		Poems by Adrian Mitchell
 		Roger McGough
produced by Christine Hall
 		27:51, 26125, S
22-Feb-2009
 		Listener Requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Christine Hall
 		27:47, 26048, S
01-Mar-2009
 		Listener Requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Christine Hall
 		27:23, 25685, S
08-Mar-2009
 		Listener Requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Christine Hall
 		27:34, 25850, S
17-May-2009
 		AE Housman and Walt Whitman
 		Roger McGough
produced by Tim Dee
 		27:54, 26169, S
24-May-2009
 		Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
 		Roger McGough
produced by Tim Dee
 		27:49, 26089, S
31-May-2009
 		Robert Frost and Edward Thomas
 		Roger McGough
produced by Tim Dee
 		27:54, 26162, S
07-Jun-2009
 		the Book of Psalms
 		Roger McGough
produced by Tim Dee
 		27:24, 25701, S
14-Jun-2009
 		UA Fanthorpe
 		Roger McGough
produced by Mark Smalley
 		27:39, 25935, S
21-Jun-2009
 		Edward Fitzgerald's 1859 poem The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
 		Roger McGough
produced by Mark Smalley
 		27:53, 26156, S
12-Jul-2009
 		poems including works by Milton, Ben Okri and Mary Oliver
 		Roger McGough
produced by Mark Smalley
 		27:33, 25830, S
19-Jul-2009
 		poems about space
 		Roger McGough
produced by Mark Smalley
 		28:02, 26296, S
26-Jul-2009
 		Listeners' requests
Roger McGough
produced by Mary Ward-Lowrey
 		28:02, 26289, S
02-Aug-2009
 		No programmes  
 		 
09-Aug-2009
 		Tennyson
 		Roger McGough
produced by Mary Ward-Lowrey
 		27:55, 26173, S
13-Sep-2009
 		the joy of living, the experience of memory loss
 		Roger McGough
produced by Mark Smalley
 		27:24, 25699, S
20-Sep-2009
 		works with an environmental theme
 		Roger McGough
produced by Mark Smalley
 		28:03, 26311, S
27-Sep-2009
 		The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll
 		Roger McGough
produced by Mark Smalley
 		27:57, 26220, S
04-Oct-2009
 		heroes and heroines
 		Roger McGough
produced by Mark Smalley
 		27:33, 25836, S
11-Oct-2009
18-Oct-2009
 		the programme's 30th birthday
 		Roger McGough
produced by Mary Ward-Lowrey
 		24:48, 23266, S
24:25, 22906, S
25-Oct-2009
 		about snow and solitude
 		Roger McGough
produced by Mary Ward-Lowrey
 		24:48, 23261, S
11-Jan-2009 to
25-Oct-2009
 26 episodes
11:52:30
2010
Date
 		Title
 		Cast
 		Parameters
31-Jan-2010
 		Listener Requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Mary Ward-Lowrey
 		27:49, 26086, S
07-Jan-2010
 		a poetic landscape cast in frost
 		Roger McGough
produced by Mary Ward-Lowrey
 		27:20, 25626, S
14-Feb-2010
 		Valentine's Day
 		Roger McGough
produced by Mary Ward-Lowrey
 		27:50, 26095, S
21-Feb-2010
 		Newcastle is Peru
 		Roger McGough
produced by Mary Ward-Lowrey
 		27:49, 26084, S
28-Feb-2010
 		Listener Requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Mark Smalley
 		28:04, 26324, S
07-Mar-2010
 		Basil Bunting
 		Roger McGough
produced by Mark Smalley
 		28:02, 26291, S
14-Mar-2010
 		Listener Requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Beth O'Dee
 		27:37, 25902, S
21-Mar-2010
 		American Poetry
 		Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan
 		27:32, 25819, S
16-May-2010
 		poems learnt by heart while at school
 		Roger McGough
produced by Mark Smalley
 		27:33, 25836, S
23-May-2010
 		TS Eliot's Four Quartets
 		Roger McGough
produced by Mark Smalley
 		27:57, 26215, S
30-May-2010
 		Cambridge University Library
Roger McGough
produced by Mark Smalley
 		27:59, 26238, S
06-Jun-2010
 		Siegfried Sassoon's war poems
 		Roger McGough
produced by Mark Smalley
 		27:56, 26200, S
13-Jun-2010
 		a seasonal selection of poetry requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Tim Dee
 		27:30, 25786, S
20-Jun-2010
 		some of Shakespeare's sonnets and some other 17th-century masters
Roger McGough
produced by Tim Dee
 		26:50, 25172, S
04-Jul-2010
 		listeners' requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan
 		27:50, 26095, S
11-Jul-2010
 		listeners' requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan
 		27:56, 26200, S
18-Jul-2010
 		listeners' requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan
 		28:08, 26383, S
25-Jul-2010
 		listeners' requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan
 		28:08, 26383, S
12-Sep-2010
 		D H Lawrence
Roger McGough
produced by Tim Dee
 		27:46, 26040, S
19-Sep-2010
 		Louis MacNeice
 		Roger McGough
produced by Tim Dee
 		27:41, 25969, S
26-Sep-2010
 		American poems
 		Roger McGough
produced by Tim Dee
 		27:32, 25816, S
03-Oct-2010
 		Home
 		Roger McGough
produced by Mark Smalley
 		27:34, 25858, S
10-Oct-2010
 		autumn, rain storms and migrant birds
 		Roger McGough
produced by Tim Dee
 		27:56, 26190, S
17-Oct-2010
 		life's transitions
 		Roger McGough
produced by Mark Smalley
 		27:50, 26101, S
24-Oct-2010
 		Scottish poets ancient and modern
 		Roger McGough
produced by Mark Smalley
 		28:10, 26407, S
31-Jan-2010 to
24-Oct-2010
 25 episodes
11:24:36
2011
Date
 		Title
 		Cast
 		Parameters
23-Jan-2011
 		listeners' requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Mark Smalley
 		27:36, 25880, S
30-Jan-2011
 		TS Eliot's groundbreaking modernist poem The Waste Land
 		Roger McGough
produced by Mark Smalley
 		28:16, 26515, S
06-Feb-2011 Orpheus
 		Roger McGough
produced by Mark Smalley
 		27:48, 26072, S
13-Feb-2011 poetry to stir the senses
 		Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan
 		28:05, 26339, S
20-Feb-2011 a magical mix of poetry requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan
 		27:22, 25661, S
27-Feb-2011 consoling poems
 		Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan
 		27:47, 26057, S
06-Mar-2011 poems that could inspire athletes at the Olympics
 		Roger McGough
produced by Mark Smalley
 		27:56, 26198, S
08-May-2011
 		listeners' requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan
 		28:02, 26285, S
15-May-2011 A.E Housman's 'A Shropshire Lad'
Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan
 		28:02, 26292, S
22-May-2011
 		listeners' requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan
 		27:57, 26216, S
29-May-2011 Dawn to Dusk Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan
 		27:44, 26002, S
05-Jun-2011
 		listeners' requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Christine Hall
 		27:44, 26003, S
12-Jun-2011 pre-empted by special    
19-Jun-2011 summer poems Roger McGough
produced by Christine Hall
 		27:57, 26206, S
26-Jun-2011
 		listeners' requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Christine Hall   
27:53, 26149, S
03-Jul-2011 listeners' requests Roger McGough
produced by Christine Hall
 		27:58, 26165, S
29-Aug-2011 listeners' requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan
 		27:47, 26007, S
04-Sep-2011 listeners' requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan
 		27:39, 25876, S
11-Sep-2011 listeners' requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan
 		27:22, 25619, S
18-Sep-2011 listeners' requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan
 		27:59, 26183, S
25-Sep-2011 listeners' requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan
 		27:41, 25907, S
02-Oct-2011 listeners' requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan
 		28:04, 26269, S
09-Oct-2011 listeners' requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan
 		27:42, 25920, S
16-Oct-2011 Rich autumnal offerings
 		Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan
 		27:29, 25727, S
23-Oct-2011 listeners' requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan
 		27:23, 25633, S
23-Jan-2011 to
23-Oct-2011
 24 episodes
11:06:46
2012
Date
 		Title
 		Cast
 		Parameters
08-Jan-2012
 		Winter, star-gazing and time
 		Roger McGough
Producer: Toby Field
 		27:45, 25964, S
15-Jan-2012
 		red-hot poetry
Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan
 		27:35, 25817, S
22-Jan-2012
 		listeners' requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan
 		27:31, 25756, S
29-Jan-2012 Music and Lyrics Roger McGough
Producer: Toby Field
 		27:31, 25759, S
05-Feb-2012
 		listeners' requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan
 		27:20, 25579, S
12-Feb-2012
 		spine chilling poetry
 		Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan
 		27:56, 26147, S
19-Feb-2012
 		listeners' requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Christine Hall
 		27:40, 25900, S
26-Feb-2012
 		listeners' requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Christine Hall
 		27:51, 26067, S
18-Mar-2012 the Radio 4 More than Words listening festival Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan
 		28:49, 26967, S
13-May-2012
 		Wendy Cope
 		Roger McGough
produced by Christine Hall
 		27:51, 26060, S
20-May-2012
 		listeners' requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan
 		27:33, 25788, S
27-May-2012 two classic works and readings Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan
 		27:12, 25463, S
03-Jun-2012
 		listeners' requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan
 		28:04, 26269, S
10-Jun-2012
 		listeners' requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Christine Hall
 		27:53, 26099, S
17-Jun-2012
 		listeners' requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Beth O'Dea
 		28:04, 26273, S
24-Jun-2012
 		listeners' requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Beth O'Dea
 		27:23, 25631, S
01-Jul-2012 the 200th anniversary of the publication of Byron's Childe Harold
 		Roger McGough
produced by Mark Smalley
 		27:28, 25714, S
08-Jul-2012
 		listeners' requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Mark Smalley
 		27:56, 26137, S
26-Aug-2012
 		listeners' requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan
 		27:45, 25964, S
02-Sep-2012
 		listeners' requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan
 		28:00, 26198, S
09-Sep-2012
 		Welsh poets
 		Roger McGough
produced by Beth O'Dea
 		27:28, 25712, S
16-Sep-2012
 		listeners' requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan
 		27:10, 25421, S
23-Sep-2012
 		listeners' requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Christine Hall
 		27:30, 25744, S
30-Sep-2012
 		listeners' requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Christine Hall
 		27:40, 25901, S
07-Oct-2012
 		The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde
read by Alex Jennings
 		Roger McGough
produced by Beth O'Dea
 		27:52, 26079, S
14-Oct-2012 Celebrating the Bicentenary of Edward Lear's Birth Roger McGough
produced by Beatrice Fenton
 		27:50, 26044, S
09-Dec-2012 Tree poems Roger McGough
produced by Tim Dee
 		27:14, 25589, S
16-Dec-2012 William Carlos Williams Annie Freud, Roger McGough
produced by Kate Bland
 		27:43, 25942, S
23-Dec-2012 Christmas poetry Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan
 		28:02, 26236, S
30-Dec-2012 poetry requests on the theme of time Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan
 		27:43, 25935, S
08-Jan-2012 to
30-Dec-2012
 30 episodes
13:49:41
06-Jan-2013
 		poems that have a musical and satirical theme
 		Roger McGough
produced by Mark Smalley
 		27:30, 25739, S
13-Jan-2013
 		listeners' requests
 		Roger McGough
produced by Mark Smalley
 		27:57, 26162, S
20-Jan-2013 John Keats: 'Isabella, or - the Pot of Basil' Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan
 		27:28, 25701, S
27-Jan-2013 listeners' requests Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan
 		27:58, 26174, S
03-Feb-2013 listeners' requests Roger McGough
produced by Christine Hall
 		27:41, 25912, S
10-Feb-2013 the winter of 1963 Roger McGough
produced by Christine Hall 		27:49, 26031, S
17-Feb-2013 Liz Lochhead -- Poems for a New Scotland Liz Lochhead
produced by Mark Rikards		 27:27, 25687, S
2013
Date
 		Title
 		Cast
 		Parameters
28-Apr-2013
 		feelings other than those that relate to love Roger McGough
produced by Mark Smalley		 27:40, 25913, S
05-May-2013
 		praise to the lowly and the heavenly Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan		 27:30, 25755, S
12-May-2013
 		the national Poetry by Heart competition finals Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan		 27:46, 26006, S
19-May-2013
 		listeners' requests Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan		 27:41, 25929, S
26-May-2013
 		A Bouquet of Flowers Roger McGough
produced by Mary Ward-Lowery		 27:58, 26194, S
02-Jun-2013
 		Poets reading other poets Roger McGough
produced by Sarah Langan		 27:33, 25810, S
09-Jun-2013
 		listeners' requests Roger McGough
produced by Mary Ward-Lowery		 27:37, 25872, S
16-Jun-2013
 		listeners' requests Roger McGough
produced by Mary Ward-Lowery		 27:51, 26060, S
23-Jun-2013
 		Words for weddings and other celebrations
 		Roger McGough
produced by Mary Ward-Lowery		 27:50, 26053, S
30-Jun-2013
 		Homer Made Anew
 		Roger McGough
Producer: Tim Dee		 27:32, 25772, S
07-Jul-2013
 		new poems made out of the oldest stories Roger McGough
Producer: Tim Dee
 		27:45, 25964, S
14-Jul-2013
 		An Ark of Animal Poems Roger McGough
Producer: Tim Dee		 27:40, 25887, S
13-Jan-2013 to
14-Jul-2013
 19 episodes
8:45:09
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