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Poetry Please

Poetry Please

23:30 - 00:00

Roger McGough with poetry requests read by Sean Gleeson, Barbara Barnes and Samuel West.

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Four castaways from the 50s and 60s...

Charles Mackerras

Charles Mackerras

Broadcast | 24 Aug 1959

Conductor

Liberace

Liberace

Broadcast | 23 May 1960

Pianist

Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

Broadcast | 20 Dec 1969

Field Marshall

Sir Peter Pears

Sir Peter Pears

Broadcast | 21 Jul 1969

Opera singer - tenor

And six castaways from the 70s...

Dame Moura Lympany

Dame Moura Lympany

Broadcast | 28 Jul 1979

Pianist

Rod Hull

Rod Hull

Broadcast | 09 Apr 1977

Emu comedian

Norman Parkinson

Norman Parkinson

Broadcast | 30 Dec 1978

Photographer

Deborah Kerr

Deborah Kerr

Broadcast | 20 Aug 1977

Oscar winning actor

Sir Ralph Richardson

Sir Ralph Richardson

Broadcast | 04 Aug 1979

Classical British actor

Peggy Lee

Peggy Lee

Broadcast | 14 May 1977

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