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The Verb

BBC Radio 4

Ian McMillan hosts Radio 4's cabaret of the word, featuring the best poetry, new writing and performance.

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285 episodes

  1. Poetry to warm your cockles 40:57
  2. The Verb - where the poetry kettle is always on 41:43
  3. Poems to earth you 41:18
  4. Poems that shake up autumn from Contains Strong Language 41:28
  5. Poems to help us brave the elements 41:34
  6. Poetry to keep you afloat 41:14
  7. The Verb - a house of multipoet occupancy 42:11
  8. Myths to nourish your life: poetry with Ian McMillan and Angie Hobbs, Rishi Dastidar, Bradley Taylor, Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch 41:57
  9. Poetry - a bullet-proof vest for the soul 42:02
  10. The Verb at the Hay Festival 42:49
  11. Dark nights of the Soul, Brian Bilston, JH Prynne, Daljit Nagra, William Blake and Martha Sprackland 41:41
  12. Michael Laskey, Michael Schmidt, Michelle Penn, Rachel Douglas-Jones 42:10
  13. Sibling relationships with Blake Morrison, Natalie Shapero, Tara Bergin, and the word 'literally' 41:34
  14. George Szirtes, Iryna Starovoyt, Zain Rishi, Katie Clarke 42:08
  15. Richard Dawson, Jacob Polley, Sarah Howe, Frank Cottrell Boyce on John Carey 41:39
  16. The Love Verb 42:04
  17. Rilke's life-changing poems and Paul Farley, Kate Fox, Griot Gabriel 41:44
  18. T.S. Eliot Prize Poets 40:44
  19. The Christmas Adverb 56:38
  20. Simon Armitage, Alistair McGowan, Joelle Taylor 41:39
  21. Train Poetry with Don Paterson, Bella Hardy, Carmen Marcus, Patrick McGuinness 42:33
  22. Shaun Usher, Katrina Naomi, Amani Saeed, Fran Edwards and Jennifer Jones 42:02
  23. Poetry by Tony Harrison, US Poet Laureate Arthur Sze, Sinéad Morrissey, David Morley, and Daniel Sluman 41:37
  24. Maria Popova, Aditya Narayan, Kimberly Campanello, DM Black 41:59
  25. The Verb from Contains Strong Language in Bradford 41:44
  26. The Adverb 56:38
  27. The Adverb from the Ledbury Poetry Festival 56:22
  28. Forrest Gander, Laurie Bolger, SJ Fowler, Rachel Segal Hamilton 41:44
  29. Harriet Walter, Jason Singh, Gillian Allnutt, Glacier Poetry 41:51
  30. Boo Hewerdine, Fiona Benson, Alison Binney, Yvonne Lyon, Eartoon 42:04
  31. Poetry and performance with Ian McMillan 42:05
  32. Hedges and poetry 41:46
  33. Peter Mackay, Tishani Doshi, Scanner, Lorna Goodison 42:09
  34. Rebecca Watts, Brian Bilston, Cristina Rivera Garza, Deryn Rees-Jones 41:27
  35. Reeta Chakrabarti, Fred D'Aguiar, Ella Frears, Edward Wilson-Lee 41:57
  36. Joelle Taylor, Anthony Joseph, Luke Wright, Accents 41:57
  37. TS Eliot Prize Readings - highlights of a year in poetry 41:23
  38. Richard Dawkins, Gwyneth Lewis, Kate Fox, Eartoon 41:59
  39. The Morecambe Poetry Festival 57:00
  40. A special recording of The AdVerb at The Hackney Empire 1:02:00
  41. Isy Suttie, Pascale Petit, Deryn Rees Jones, Alan Connor 42:07
  42. Wendy Cope, Theresa Lola , Susie Dent, Ira Lightman 42:08
  43. Paul Farley, Malika Booker, Rob Drummond, Kate Fox 42:02
  44. Margaret Atwood and Alice Oswald 42:13
  45. The Verb in Australia 51:36
  46. 29/09/2024 42:20
  47. 22/09/2024 42:01
  48. The Adverb in Australia 57:12
  49. The Adverb at Outspoken 56:34
  50. The Adverb at Hay 56:22