The Afterparty
Contemporary poetry and music broadcast live from the Radio theatre. The final act of We British: An Epic in Poetry featuring poets Simon Armitage, Hollie McNish and Roger McGough.
Contemporary poetry and music broadcast live from the Radio theatre to celebrate the final act of We British: A Epic in Poetry will include live poetry performed by some of our new and best loved British poets including Simon Armitage, Mike Garry, Hollie McNish and Roger McGough. Music is provided by singer/songwriter Ricky Ross and Pauline Black of the Selecter.
Producer: Maggie Ayre.
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Spoken word sessions
We British spoken word sessions featuring Kate Tempest, Testament and Toby Campion.
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Dylan Thomas vs. Bob Dylan Quiz
Can you tell which wise words come from which Dylan?
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Meet the We British artist
Alison Sampson on the inspiration behind the design. How many references did you spot?
Broadcast
- Thu 8 Oct 201521:15BBC Radio 4
We British: As it happened
See the story of Britain in poetry unfold with videos, clips and quizzes.
The People's Shipping Forecast
Murray Lachlan Young delivers one of Radio 4’s most loved daily poems.
Contains Strong Language
A season of poets and poetry, centred around National Poetry Day on 8 October 2015.
Podcast
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We British
Andrew Marr explores British history and identity through poems.
