Simon Armitage: Poems

Selected television and radio works

  • Second Draft from Saga Land – six programmes for BBC Radio 3 on W. H. Auden and Louis MacNeice.
  • Eyes of a Demigod – on Victor Grayson commissioned by BBC Radio 3.
  • The Amherst Myth – on Emily Dickinson, for BBC Radio 4.
  • Points of Reference – on the history of navigation and orientation, for BBC Radio 4.
  • From Salford to Jericho – A verse drama for BBC Radio 4.
  • To Bahia and Beyond – Five travelogue features in verse with Glyn Maxwell from Brazil and the Amazon for BBC Radio 3.
  • The Bayeux Tapestry – A six-part dramatisation, with Geoff Young, for BBC Radio 3.
  • Saturday Night (1996) – Century Films/BBC TV
  • A Tree Full of Monkeys (2002) – commissioned by BBC Radio 3, with Zoviet France.
  • The Odyssey (2004) – A three-part dramatisation for BBC Radio 4.
  • Writing the City (2005) – commissioned by BBC Radio 3.
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (2010) – BBC documentary[147]
  • Gods and Monsters — Homer's Odyssey (2010) – BBC documentary
  • The Making of King Arthur (2010) – BBC documentary
  • The Pendle Witch Child (2011) – BBC documentary, examining the role of Jennet Device in the Pendle Witch Trials
  • Black Roses: The Killing of Sophie Lancaster (2011), consisting of poems telling the story of Sophie Lancaster's life, together with the personal recollections of her mother.
  • The Last Days of Troy (2015) – A two-part dramatisation for BBC Radio 4.
  • The Brink (2018) – a meditation on the British relationship with Europe in the light of Brexit. For Sky Arts.[148]
  • The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed (2020, 2021 and 2023) – BBC Radio 4 series and podcast, three series of 12, 9 and 8 episodes
  • Poet Laureate in the Arctic (2023) – BBC Radio 4 four-part series.

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