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presented by Ian McMillan, broadcasts new commissions by thirty-eight
contemporary poets (Glyn Maxwell, Moniza Alvi, Luke Wright, Daljit Nagra and Liz
Berry amongst them). This new collection of poetry taking snapshots of the present
is accompanied by poems from the archive in every episode over the next year.

The BBC is working with the Poetry Archive and the University of East Anglia to
create a new centenary archive: 100 years of BBC & Poetry.

Sunday Feature and Between The Ears

• In Primitivism Of Primitivism, art critic Alastair Sooke surveys the history and
relevance of the movement known as primitivism, in the light of the debate on the re-
appraisal of museum and gallery collections (Sunday 8 May).
• In NOISE, comedian and broadcaster Jon Holmes goes on a sonic trip through our
on-hold, automated world, with contributions from members of the public venting their
tales of automated woe, and ‘content creators’ voicing their side of the story (for
example Emma Clarke, the voice of Mind The Gap), with the programme culminating
in a transformation of these sounds into a musical composition that sublimates the
everyday into art (Tuesday 10 May).
• In The Footsteps Of Beryl The Boot is a tribute to foley artist Beryl Mortimer piecing
together sonic fragments, soundtrack and biography to evoke her figure, with audio
cameos from a range of women who've followed audibly in her footsteps (Sunday 22
May).
• In Thomas La Rue Jones, The Black Cantor Maria Margaronis leads listeners
through the life and music of the African-American tenor famous as the Black Cantor,
in the synagogues and Yiddish theatres of 1920s Newark and Harlem, with award-
winning music producer and author Henry Sapoznik, who rediscovered his forgotten
story (Sunday 3 July).

The Essay

• Poet Oksana Maksymchuk co-edits Words For War, a collection of essays and
poems from Ukraine (from Monday 18 April)
• On the 30th anniversary of her death, Marlene Dietrich In 5 Songs explores the life
and myth of the celebrated film icon in five musical moments (from Monday 9 May)
• In Poetic Provocations, award-winning poet, playwright, performer, graphic artist and
designer Inua Ellams shares his personal journey into creating work using a selection
of poems from his latest collection, The Actual - exploring themes such as Rudyard
Kipling’s legacy, rapper Tupac Shakur, basketball, and Kenyan barbershops (from
Monday 16 May)
• Adrian Edmondson - Signs Of Life sees a second series from the comedian, actor
and writer Edmondson reflecting on personal and career highs, and lows (from
Monday 23 May)
• Larkin And Believing marks Philip Larkin's centenary year with five contemporary UK
poets (Raymond Antrobus, Jean Sprackland, Helen Mort, Vidyan Ravinthiran and
Sinéad Morrissey) taking a short poem by the English poet as their starting point for a
series of radio essays on faith, belief and the spiritual (from Monday 11 July).

Composer Of The Week

Composer Of The Week focuses on the 'one-hit wonders' of classical music (from
Monday 18 April) and a Tour de France-linked series of 15 programmes spanning