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21/09/2008
Roger McGough introduces listeners' poetry requests. He marks the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Robert W Service, nicknamed the Canadian Kipling.
Robert W Service, was by turns a bank clerk and a proto-Beat who commemorated the hardships and drama of the Yukon Gold Rush. Roger marks the fiftieth anniversary of his death, with Jimmy Yuill reading the classics.
The Shooting of Dan McGrew
The Spell of the Yukon
The Quitter
Funk
The Cremation of Sam McGee
All poems in this week鈥檚 programme are by Robert Service and are taken from 鈥楾he Best of Robert Service鈥� published by A&C Black
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Sat 27 Sep 2008
23:30
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