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See moreA treasury of the UK's best-loved poems, compiled from the rich archives of BBC Radio 4's Poetry Please programme.
Poetry Please, edited by Roger McGough, is a treasury of the nation's best-loved poems, compiled from the rich archives of BBC Radio 4's Poetry Please programme.
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BBC Radio 4's Poetry Please is the longest-running broadcast of verse anywhere in the world. First aired in 1979, the programme, a request show which broadcasts to two million listeners a week, has become a unique record of the country's best-loved poems over the decades since its inception.
The BBC has looked back through its rich archive of recordings to produce a poll of the most asked for and most broadcast pieces ever: it is those poems that this anthology brings together here. A showcase, in effect, for the nation's favourite verse, Poetry Please is a treasure trove for our most requested and most listened to poems of all time.
It is a compelling invitation for readers of all ages and backgrounds to celebrate the verse that we care so much about: from new readers to old, from schools to reading groups, this is a book for giving, a book for cherishing.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780571303298
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 18 September 2014
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Edition: Main
Contributors:
- Foreword by Roger McGough
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 39.0mm
Width: 126.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 522g
Pages: 656
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About the Author
Roger McGough is an award-winning poet and broadcaster. He writes poetry for both adults and children, and presents Radio 4's Poetry Please. He was awarded an OBE for services to poetry in 1997 and a CBE in 2004. He was honoured with the Freedom of the City of Liverpool in 2001.
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