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BBC Contains Strong Language 2020 Line Up

The UK’s biggest poetry and performance festival of new writing returns 25-27 September. The festival takes place in Cumbria, with live coverage on BBC Arts and on BBC Radio, and additional programmes on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds.
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Friday 25 September 2020

Wordsworth Grasmere

19:00 Front Row
Front Row
22:00 The Verb - Wordsworth: Experiments in Living
The Verb - Wordsworth: Experiments in Living

Webinar

21:00 The Alfred Bradley Bursary Award 2020/21
The Alfred Bradley Bursary Award 2020/21

Saturday 26 September 2020

Live Video Stream

11:00 New Lyrical Ballads
New Lyrical Ballads
12:30 Ruskin's View Panel Discussion
Ruskin's View Panel Discussion
15:00 Passing Words
Passing Words

Tullie House, Carlisle

10:00 BBC Radio Cumbria Live from CSL
BBC Radio Cumbria Live from CSL
13:00 Dove Cottage Young Poets
Dove Cottage Young Poets
19:00 Christabel by Candlelight
Christabel by Candlelight

BBC iPlayer

BBC Radio 1Xtra - Words First
BBC Radio 1Xtra - Words First

BBC Radio Cumbria

10:00 Radio Club
Radio Club
10:00 Word on the Street
Word on the Street
10:30 Lockdown Poets
Lockdown Poets
10:45 CSL Highlights
CSL Highlights
11:15 Ruskin's View
Ruskin's View
12:00 CSL from BBC Radio Cumbria
CSL from BBC Radio Cumbria
13:00 Dove Cottage Young Poets
Dove Cottage Young Poets
08:20 Emergency
Emergency

Webinar

13:00 BBC Writersroom - An Introduction
BBC Writersroom - An Introduction

Sunday 27 September 2020

Barrow

10:00 Word on the Street
Word on the Street
13:30 Bones
Bones
16:30 Luke Wright - On Barrow
Luke Wright - On Barrow
17:20 Kate Fox: Bigger on the Inside
Kate Fox: Bigger on the Inside
19:00 Poem and a Pint
Poem and a Pint
18:20 Luke Wright & Cobbler: Better Off
Luke Wright & Cobbler: Better Off
10:45 The Verb
The Verb

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BBC Radio 3

Radio 3 Unclassified with poet Helen Mort
Radio 3 Unclassified with poet Helen Mort