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Poetry Extra Episodes

  1. Adventures in Poetry - Timothy Winters

    Peggy Reynolds explores the lasting appeal of Charles Causley's poem Timothy Winters.

  2. The Echo Chamber: Liz Berry and Helen Mort

    Daljit Nagra chooses The Echo Chamber, with Paul Farley, Liz Berry and Helen Mort.

  3. Fine Lines - Hugo Williams and Amanda Dalton

    Hugo Williams and Amanda Dalton talk about their contrasting experiences of school.

  4. Fine Lines: Linda France and Roy Fisher

    Christopher Cook and his guests look at the connections between jazz and poetry.

  5. ASJ Tessimond

    Daljit Nagra introduces 'Lost Voices': ASJ Tessimond, the Birkenhead poet.

  6. Between the Ears: Crex Crex

    Daljit Nagra chooses Between the Ears with Kathleen Jamie.

  7. Surtsey and Me

    Daljit Nagra introduces 'Surtsey and Me', about a new island near Iceland.

  8. Broken Paradise

    Daljit Nagra introduces 'Broken Paradise' - poetry from Sri Lanka's bitter civil war.

  9. Lost Voices - Molly Holden

    Daljit Nagra introduces Lost Voices featuring image maker Molly Holden.

  10. Fine Lines- Selima Hill and Matthew Sweeney

    Daljit Nagra chooses Fine Lines with writers Selima Hill and Matthew Sweeney.

  11. Fine Lines: Seamus Heaney

    Daljit Nagra chooses chooses 'Fine Lines' with Nobel Prize-winning writer Seamus Heaney.

  12. The Living Poet - Fleur Adcock

    Daljit Nagra chooses 'The Living Poet', featuring New Zealand poet, Fleur Adcock.

  13. The Echo Chamber - The Body

    Poet-in-Residence Daljit Nagra introduces The Echo Chamber - about the shapes of poems.

  14. A Poet's Song

    Poet-in-Residence Daljit Nagra chooses A Poet's Song, with Paul Farley and Jo Shapcott.

  15. Poetry Proms: Andrew Motion and UA Fanthorpe

    Daljit Nagra selects Poetry Proms with Andrew Motion and UA Fanthorpe and Last Word.

  16. Dunstanburgh Castle: A Secret as Old as the Stones

    Daljit Nagra chooses Katrina Porteus' work about the mysterious castle on the coast.

  17. Fine Lines: Tony Harrison and Sean O'Brien

    Daljit Nagra selects Fine Lines, featuring Tony Harrison and Sean O'Brien.

  18. No-One Left and No-One Came

    Daljit Nagra selects Edward Thomas's No-One Left and No-One Came.

  19. John Clare: Under the Influence and Thinking on Their Feet

    Daljit Nagra chooses the poetry of John Clare.

  20. I'm A Lumberjack

    Daljit Nagra chooses 'I'm A Lumberjack' featuring peripatetic Englishman James Lasdun.

  21. Street Reach Girls

    Daljit Nagra chooses 'Street Reach Girls', presented by Barnsley poet Ian MacMillan.

  22. Poems from the Pennines

    Poet Simon Armitage takes us on a journey to the Stanza Stones.

  23. The Women of Rainer Maria Rilke

    Daljit Nagra introduces The Women of Rainer Maria Rilke, presented by Hayley Radford.

  24. Gwyneth Lewis - How To Knit A Poem 2/2

    Gwyneth Lewis connects maths, knitting and poetry.

  25. Gwyneth Lewis - How To Knit A Poem 1/2

    Gwyneth Lewis explores the appeal of the craft in How to Knit a Poem.

  26. Poetry of David Gascoyne

    Daljit Nagra introduces A Burning Sound: The Poetry of David Gascoyne.

  27. Nobody Told Me to Oil My Boots

    Daljit Nagra introduces Nobody Told Me To Oil My Boots, presented by Sir Antony Sher.

  28. The House I Grew Up In

    Daljit Nagra introduces The House I Grew Up In, featuring Jackie Kay in Glasgow.

  29. A Foreigner Everywhere

    Daljit Nagra introduces a profile of poet Elizabeth Bishop.

  30. Electric Polyolbion

    Poet and broadcaster Paul Farley's envisages Michael Drayton's Poly-Olbion.

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