
Charles Causley Anniversary
Roger McGough presents a selection of listeners' requests for poems by Charles Causley who died ten years ago. Including BBC archive recording of the poet and new readings of some of his poems by Simon Armitage and Andrew Motion. Producer: Tim Dee.
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This Week's Poems
I Saw a Jolly Hunter
By Charles Causley
From Charles Causley – Collected Poems 1951-1997
Published by Picador
The Seasons in North Cornwall
By Charles Causley
From Charles Causley – Collected Poems 1951-1997
Published by Picador
Walking
By Charles Causley
From Charles Causley – Collected Poems 1951-1997
Published by Picador
Innocent’s Song
By Charles Causley
From Charles Causley – Collected Poems 1951-1997
Published by Picador
For Joe/When I grow old
By Charles Causley
Unpublished
Three Gypsies
By Charles Causley
From Charles Causley – Collected Poems 1951-1997
Published by Picador
Chief Petty Officer
By Charles Causley
From Charles Causley – Collected Poems 1951-1997
Published by Picador
Tell Me, Tell Me, Sarah Jane
By Charles Causley
From Charles Causley – Collected Poems 1951-1997
Published by Picador
Who
By Charles Causley
Performed by Jim Causley, Julie Murphy and Ceri Owen-Jones
Taken from the CD ‘Cyprus Well’
Folk Police Recordings
FPR 010
Mother , Get Up, Unbar the Door
By Charles Causley
From Charles Causley – Collected Poems 1951-1997
Published by Picador
Rattler Morgan
Performed by Jim Causley and Ceri Owen-Jones
Taken from the CD ‘Cyprus Well’
Folk Police Recordings
FPR 010
A Baptism
By Charles Causley
From Charles Causley – Collected Poems 1951-1997
Published by Picador
Two For Charles
By Roger McGough
Unpublished
Ballad of the Five Continents
By Charles Causley
From Charles Causley – Collected Poems 1951-1997
Published by Picador
Eden Rock
By Charles Causley
From Charles Causley – Collected Poems 1951-1997
Published by Picador
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Reader | Simon Armitage |
| Reader | Andrew Motion |
| Producer | Tim Dee |
Broadcasts
- Sun 29 Sep 201316:30BBC Radio 4
- Sat 5 Oct 201323:30BBC Radio 4