Islands
Roger McGough presents a programme in celebration of the islands around the UK, from Sark to Shetland. With poetry by AC Swinburne, TE Brown and Sorley MacLean. Producer Sally Heaven.
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Snow in Sark
by Mervyn Peake
From Mervyn Peake – Collected Poems
Published by Fyfield Books
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In Sark
by AC Swinburne
From Collected Poetical Works, Volume II [Algernon Charles Swinburne]
Published by Harper and Brothers
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When the Hounds of Spring
by AC Swinburne
A Choice of Swinburne's Verse
Published by Faber & Faber
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The Isles of Scilly
by Geoffrey Grigson
From The Isles of Scilly And Other Poems
Published by Routledge
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A Bay in Anglesey
by John Betjeman
From The Best of Betjeman
Published by Penguin
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The Anglo Welshman and his Friends
by Steve Griffiths
From Steve Griffiths – Selected Poems
Published by Seren
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The Schooner
by TE Brown
From The Collected Poems of T E Brown
Published by MacMillan & Co
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On the Point of Extinction
By Roger McGough
From Roger McGough – Collected Poems
Published by Viking
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Hallaig
by Sorley McLean
From Sorley MacLean – From Wood to Ridge, Collected Poems in Gaelic and English
Published by Carcanet
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The Angel
by Pauline Prior-Pitt
From Waiting Women
Published by Spike Press
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by Kevin MacNeil
From Love and Zen in the Outer Hebrides
Published by Canongate
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The Whale
by George Mackay Brown
From The Collected Poems of George Mackay Brown
Published by John Murray
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Perfect
by Hugh MacDiarmid
From Hugh MacDiarmid – Selected Poetry
Published by Carcanet
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Shetland
by Helen Mort
From Division Street
Published by Chatto & Windus
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Roger McGough |
Producer | Sally Heaven |
Broadcasts
- Sun 4 Oct 2015 16:30³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Radio 4
- Sat 10 Oct 2015 23:30³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Radio 4
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