John Arlott's Poetry Book and Terminates Here

Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and selects John Arlott's Poetry Book and Terminates Here with Lemn Sissay.

**John Arlott MBE, (born February 1914 - died December 1991), was best known as a BBC radio cricket commentator of unparalleled descriptive powers. But he was also a published poet by the age of 30. He succeeded George Orwell as a BBC Literary Programmes Producer (1945-50).

In this programme, as part of a series he recorded for the BBC World Service, he introduces poetry readings.

John Arlott's Poetry Book
With poems by Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Philip Sidney.

Presented and produced by John Arlott

First broadcast on BBC World Service in 1985.

**Lemn Sissay OBE, is a poet and broadcaster who overcame a traumatic childhood in care.

In this series he chats to train travellers and commuters.

Terminates Here: Alone
Arriving at the busy interchange at Crewe, Lemn Sissay talks to the people who catch and dispatch the trains. Some are in love, some are in therapy and some are in drag.

Producer - Philip Sellars

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007.