# Roger Mcgough
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Roger Joseph McGough (; born 9 November 1937) is an English poet, performance poet, broadcaster, children's author and playwright. He presents the BBC Radio 4 programme Poetry Please, as well as performing his own poetry. McGough was one of the leading members of the Liverpool poets, a group of young poets influenced by Beat poetry and the popular music and culture of 1960s Liverpool.
Steve's Mix Tapes #046 (Vinny Peculiar)
My guest mixer this week is Vinny Peculiar
Vinny (aka Alan Wilkes) is a singer-songwriter who has put out fourteen albums of literate autobiographical pop music over a twenty-year career. Uncut described him as ‘an under sung national treasure’ and The Irish Times called him ‘the missing link betw…
Yellow Submarine (1968) - with Joel Morris
"It's all in the mind."
How do you categorise Yellow Submarine? Animated psychedelic musical fantasy comedy?
That barely scratches the surface.
In this technicolour fantasia, the cartoon Beatles tackle the Blue Meanies, who’ve turned joyful Pepperland into a static, monochrome dystopia where …
This Is Your Life: Spike Milligan
“You call this a life?”
This week we dip into the big red book and examine Spike Milligan’s two famously chaotic appearances on This Is Your Life — first in 1973 at an army reunion in Bexhill and again in 1995 in the wake of Spike’s infamous crack at Prince Charles at the British Comedy Awards. Fr…
Christmas at Sea
A special 4-minute reading of "Christmas at Sea", an evocative poem written by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1883. Stevenson, the son of a lighthouse engineer, had intimate, first-hand knowledge of storms, weather, and life on and by the sea. Read for you by World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill. Happy Ho…
The Godfather of Modern Poetry, Roger McGough CBE
Merseybeat poet Roger McGough on life as a poet, number one hits with sixties comedy band The Scaffold, hanging out with musicians like Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan and Keith Moon, growing up during the second world war in Liverpool and being part of the cultural movement.
Roger reads from his new book…
Review Show: Paul McCartney, Russell T Davies, Maggie O'Farrell
Rachel Lloyd, Deputy Culture Editor of The Economist, and writer Lawrence Norfolk join Tom to discuss Channel 4's new queer drama Tip Toe, which is the latest series by Russell T Davies and stars Alan Cumming as a gay bar owner in Manchester and David Morrissey as his long-standing neighbour whose …
Angelic Sitdown '26 Episode 5 with Ken Paver
In this special anniversary episode of Angelic Sitdown join Mickey Angel (as they celebrate 10 years being a poet) and their guest for this episode the multi-talented scouse poet Ken Paver as they talk about Ken's fascination with Roger McGough, explore unexpected twists and turns within the episo…
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