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Time for Verse - Spike Milligan

Made for 4 Extra. Daljit Nagra introduces Time for Verse with Spike Milligan in conversation with George MacBeth. From 1988.

Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's radio poetry archive selecting Time for Verse with Spike Milligan in conversation with George MacBeth.

Featuring episodes 3 and 4, Spike talks about his life and poetry, with examples of his poems read by Tony Robinson.

Poems:

What The Wiggle Woggle Said
Tell Me Little Woodworm
Dr. David Mantle
Revenge
From Harry Secombe
Failure
Grandad's Bedtime Story
Two Funny
The Future
2B Or Not 2B

Producer – Alec Reid

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1988.

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 20 May 201905:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  • Sun 19 May 201917:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Mon 20 May 201905:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra