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Seamus Heaney - Death of a Naturalist
Roger McGough marks 50 years since Seamus Heaney published Death of a Naturalist. Featuring interviews from Bellaghy, and archive recordings of the poet reading his work.
Roger McGough marks 50 years since Seamus Heaney published his first collection, Death of a Naturalist. Featuring interviews from Heaney's childhood home of Bellaghy, and archive recordings of the poet reading his work. Poems include Digging, Mid Term Break and Blackberry Picking. Producer Sally Heaven.
Last on
Sat 8 Oct 201623:30
BBC Radio 4
This Week's Poems
Digging
The Follower
Death of a Naturalist
The Barn
The Diviner
Mid Term Break
Blackberry Picking
Poor Women in a City Church
Scaffolding
Honeymoon Flight
Personal Helicon
All by Seamus Heaney
Taken from ‘Death of a Naturalist’
Published by Faber & Faber
Credit
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
Broadcasts
- Sun 2 Oct 201616:30BBC Radio 4
- Sat 8 Oct 201623:30BBC Radio 4
