Seamus Heaney
A special programme to mark the death and celebrate the life and work of Seamus Heaney. Heaney's poems have been regularly requested by the Poetry Please audience down the years so Roger McGough goes digging in the archive to present a selection of Heaney's poems read by the poet himself.
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Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney, acclaimed by many as the best Irish poet since Yeats, has died aged 74.
This Week's Poems
All poems written and read by Seamus Heaney.
Digging
From: Death of a Naturalist. pub: faber
Death of a Naturalist
From: Death of a Naturalist
Follower
From: Death of a Naturalist
Mid-term break
From: Death of a Naturalist
Personal Helicon
From: Death of a Naturalist
Bogland
From: Door into the Dark
The Tollund Man
From: Wintering Out
The Otter
From: Field Work
The Forge
From: Door into the Dark
Clearances - Sections 3 and 5
From: The Haw Lantern
A Call
From: The Spirit Level
Seeing things Section 3
From: Seeing Things
St. Kevin and the Blackbird
From: The Spirit Level
Postscript
From: The Spirit Level
The Annals say
From: Opened Ground, Selected Poems
Verse 7 of Glanmore sonnets
From: Field Work
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Producer | Tim Dee |
Broadcasts
- Sun 1 Sep 201316:30BBC Radio 4
- Sat 7 Sep 201323:30BBC Radio 4
