BBC Radio 4's Poetry Please is the longest-running broadcast of verse anywhere in the world. First aired in 1979,the programme,a request show which broadcasts to two million listeners a week,has become a unique record of the country's best-loved poems over the decades since its inception. The BBC has looked back through its rich archive of recordings to produce a poll of the most asked for and most broadcast pieces ever: it is those poems that this anthology brings together here. A showcase,in effect,for the nation's favourite verse,Poetry Please is a treasure trove for our most requested and most listened to poems of all time. It is a compelling invitation for readers of all ages and backgrounds to celebrate the verse that we care so much about: from new readers to old,from schools to reading groups,this a book for giving,a book for cherishing.
Publisher: Faber & FaberISBN: 9780571303298Number of pages: 656Weight: 508 gDimensions: 198 x 125 x 40 mmEdition: Main
Various Poets
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Roger McGough
Co-founder of the "Mersey Sound" school of poetry,and one of our best-loved contemporary poets...
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