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Poems to Make You Laugh

Roger McGough presents poetry to make you laugh, with poems from Wendy Cope, Ivor Cutler, Michael Rosen, Clive James, Carol Ann Duffy and Adrian Mitchell.

Roger McGough presents poetry to make you laugh, with poets from Wendy Cope to Ivor Cutler, taking in Kit Wright, Clive James and Adrian Mitchell along the way.
There's Carol Ann Duffy's ode to the Kray Sisters, Michael Rosen's mickey-taking brother, and Roger throws a few of his own into the mix for good measure. Producer Sally Heaven.

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 24 Jan 2015 23:30

This Week's Poems

Quite Fun

By Harry Graham

From Axed Between the Ears 鈥� A Poetry Anthology

Published by Heinemann Educational Publishers

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The Bath

By Harry Graham

From When Grandmama Fell Off the Boat: The Best of Harry Graham

Published by Sheldrake Press

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Give Up Slimming, Mum

By Kit Wright

From Rabbiting On by Kit Wright

Published by Lions / HarperCollins Ltd

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Me and My Brother

By Michael Rosen

From The Hypnotiser by Michael Rosen

Published by HarperCollins

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Bad Day at the Ark

By Roger McGough

From The Way Things Are by Roger McGough

Published by Viking

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The Horse

By Naomi Royde Smith

From The Faber Book of Comic Verse

Published by Faber

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They Tuck You Up

By Adrian Mitchell

Taken from

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Celia, Celia

By Adrian Mitchell

From The Nation鈥檚 Favourite Comic Poems

Published by 麻豆社 Worldwide Ltd

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Haiku: Looking Out of the Back Bedroom Window Without my Glasses-

By Wendy Cope

From Two Cures For Love : Selected Poems 1979-2006

Published by Faber

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Gruts for Tea

By Ivor Cutler

From the CD 鈥楢n Elpee and Two Epees鈥�

Label: Decca

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By Thomas Gray

From The Faber Book of Comic Verse

Published by Faber

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Windows is Shutting Down

By Clive James听听

From Clive James听 鈥� Angels Over Elsinore 鈥� Collected Verse 2003-2008

Published by Picador

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The Ladies of the Charity Shop

By 听Peter Wyton

From Not All Men are From Mars by Peter Wyton

Published by Women鈥檚 Aid

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The Kray Sisters

By Carol Ann Duffy

From The World鈥檚 Wife by Carol Ann Duffy

Published by Picador

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Poundland

By Simon Armitage

From Paper Aeroplane: Selected Poems 1989-2014 by Simon Armitage

Published by Faber

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I Rely on You

By Hovis Presley

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