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Building up to National Poetry Day with Roger McGough

Craig gets ready for National Poetry Day with one of the original Mersey Beat poets, Roger McGough. Also on the show, Bradford poet Kirsty Taylor joins Craig's Class of 2023.

Craig gets ready for National Poetry Day with one of the original Mersey Beat poets, Roger McGough.

They chat about his beginnings as part of The Scaffold, the longest-running poetry programme on radio, and his upcoming tour 'Alive and Gigging'.

Also on the show, Bradford-based poet Kirsty Taylor joins Craig's Class of 2023, and we reveal the theme of this year's 'Pass the Prose' mission - a poem that Craig and the listeners will write in the run-up to National Poetry Day, as part of 麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 6 Music's 'Way With Words'.

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Music Played

  • New Order

    The Perfect Kiss

    • LONDON.

  • Future Utopia

    This Time

    • 70Hz Recordings.

  • Ron Grainer

    Doctor Who (1980 Arrangement)

    Music Arranger: Peter Howell. Performer: The 麻豆官网首页入口 Radiophonic Workshop.
    • A-Z Of British TV Themes Vol 12.
    • Play It Again.

  • Blur

    There's No Other Way

    • Food.

  • Massive Attack

    Unfinished Sympathy

  • 碍鈥怟濒补蝉蝉

    Rhythm Is A Mystery

    • Now 1991 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.

  • Art Feynman

    Desperately Free

    • Western Vinyl.

  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs

    Pin

    • Polydor.

  • tUnE-yArDs

    Heart Attack

    • 4AD.

  • Bombay Bicycle Club

    I Want To Be Your Only Pet

    • Mmm...Records.

  • Funkadelic

    One Nation Under A Groove

    • Virgin.

  • Madness

    Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)

  • Upchuck

    Freaky

    • Famous Class Records.

  • Blackalicious

    Alphabet Aerobics

    • Mo Wax.

  • The Streets

    Each Day Gives

    • Warner.

  • Mike Hart

    Almost Liverpool 8

    • Mike Hart Bleeds.
    • Cherry Red Records.
    • 9.

  • The Scaffold

    Lily The Pink

    • The Hits Of 1968 (Various Artists).
    • MFP.

  • Mitski

    Heaven

    • Dead Oceans.

  • Alison Limerick

    Where Love Lives

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG.

  • Jalen Ngonda

    That's All I Wanted From You

    • Daptone.

  • David Holmes & Raven Violet

    Necessary Genius

    • Heavenly Recordings.

  • Arlo Parks

    Devotion

    • Transgressive.

  • Carrtoons

    Grace (feat. Rae Khalil)

    • Wichita.

  • Suzanne Vega

    Marlene On The Wall

    • A&M.

  • Sufjan Stevens

    Will Anybody Ever Love Me?

  • Guru

    Trust Me (feat. N鈥橠ea Davenport)

    • Trust Me.
    • Cooltempo.
    • 1.

  • Bill Bush

    I'm Waiting

    • The Northern Soul Of Jewel-Paula-Ronn.
    • Jewel Records.
    • 2.

  • Chubby Checker

    You Just Don't Know (What You Do To Me)

    • Dancin' Party: The Chubby Checker Collection (1960-1966).
    • ABKCO Music & Records.
    • 20.

  • Eula Cooper

    Let Our Love Grow Higher

    • Eccentric Soul: The Tragar & Note Labels.
    • Numero Group.
    • 204.

  • Goat

    Join The Resistance

    • Rocket Recordings.

  • Boy Azooga

    Loner Boogie

    • Heavenly Recordings.

  • The National

    Deep End (Paul's In Pieces)

    • 4AD.

  • Sofia Kourtesis

    How Music Makes You Feel Better

    • Ninja Tune.

  • Mantronix

    King Of The Beats

    • Virgin.

  • Say She She

    Bleeding Heart

    • Your Bleeding Heart.
    • Karma Chief Records/ Colemine Records.

  • Cleo Sol

    Golden Child (Jealous)

    • Forever Living Originals.

  • Arctic Monkeys

    I Wanna Be Yours

    • AM.
    • Domino Recording.
    • 12.

Broadcast

  • Mon 2 Oct 2023 13:00
    麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 6 Music