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George Mackay Brown
Roger McGough with a programme dedicated to the Orkney poet and prose writer George Mackay Brown, who died twenty years ago this year. He wrote poems full of wonderful imagery, capturing the life and characters of those islands. Reader John Mackay. Producer Sally Heaven.
Last on
Sat 19 Mar 201623:30
BBC Radio 4
This Week's Poems
Prologue to 'The Storm'
Hamnavoe
The Death of Peter Esson
Peat Cutting
The Old Women
Hamnavoe Market
Beachcomber
Stella Cartwright (for her birthday - 15 May 1982)
Further Than Hoy
The Poet
Kirkyard
Countryman
All by George Mackay Brown
Taken from The Collected Poems of George Mackay Brown
Published by John Murray
The Horses
By Edwin Muir
From Edwin Muir – Collected Poems
Published by Faber and Faber
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Reader | John MacKay |
| Producer | Sally Heaven |
Broadcasts
- Sun 13 Mar 201616:30BBC Radio 4
- Sat 19 Mar 201623:30BBC Radio 4
