Islands and High Seas
Poems that evoke distant islands and the delights and dangers of the high seas sail through this show, with Roger McGough at the helm. Works by Auden, UA Fanthorpe, Ogden Nash, Kipling and others are read by Adjoa Andoh and Patrick Romer.
Producer: Mark Smalley.
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Seascape (a.k.a. On This Island)
By W.H. Auden
From Collected Shorter Poems 1927-1957
Published by Faber & Faber
Pleasure Seas
By Elizabeth Bishop
From Complete Poems
Published by Chatto & Windus
Four By the Clock
By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
From The Poetical Works of Longfellow
Published by Oxford University Press
Columbus
By Ogden Nash
From Candy is Dandy: The Best of Ogden Nash
Published by Methuen
Big Steamers
By Rudyard Kipling
From the Definitive Edition of Rudyard Kipling’s Verse
Published by Hodder & Stoughton
The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket
Robert Lowell
From Robert Lowell’s Poems: A Selection
Published by Faber & Faber
Have You Got Any News of the Iceberg?
Les Barker
Performance by Les Barker taken from BBC Radio 4’s Wondermentalist Cabaret Series 1, Ep 4, originally broadcast 22nd February 2011.
Beautiful Old Age
D.H. Lawrence
From The Complete Poems
Published by Penguin
Preface to the Past
Ogden Nash
From You Can’t Get There from Here
Published by Little Brown & Co
The Passing of Alfred
U.A. Fanthorpe
From U.A. Fanthorpe: Collected Poems 1978-2003
Published by Peterloo Poets
Stars and Planets
Norman MacCaig
From Collected Poems: New Edition
Published by Chatto & WindusCredits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Reader | Adjoa Andoh |
| Reader | Patrick Romer |
| Producer | Mark Smalley |
Broadcasts
- Sun 9 Feb 201416:30BBC Radio 4
- Sat 15 Feb 201423:30BBC Radio 4
