With Great Pleasure at Christmas
Michael Rosen chooses festive poems and stories, read by Henry Goodman and Yasemin Ăzdemir. With live music from traditional folk band Shovel Dance Collective.
Michael Rosen chooses poems and stories that have meant the most to him in his life, with guest readers Henry Goodman and Yasemin Ăzdemir and a special appearance by Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, all recorded in the ±«Óătv Radio Theatre.
Michael chooses extracts from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Catch 22 by Joseph Heller and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Simon Armitage. With poems by Warsan Shire, Raymond Carver and James Berry. Many of Michaelâs choices touch on ideas of home and heritage, or they remind him of stories handed down by family members, like âWhen Schlemiel came to Warsawâ by Isaac Bashevis Singer.
Amazing live music from Shovel Dance Collective, a nine piece traditional folk band, who explore folk songs from a perspective that âisnât imperial, white and maleâ. They include a new setting for âFull Fathom Fiveâ from Shakespeareâs Tempest.
Prepare for some unusual instruments and sounds and great stories by a master storyteller. Intensely festive with a tinge of melancholy, hilarious, sublime. The perfect way to start the festive season.
Producer...Mary Ward-Lowery
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