On #WorldPoetryDay, Roger McGough tells of the inspiration for his touching and tragic poem The Identification - an interview with a bereaved father on BBC News in 1972. Seeing the footage for the first time in over 50 years, Roger reflects: "It touched me, as it touched millions. And I wanted the poem to do something similar." | BBC Archive
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On #WorldPoetryDay, Roger McGough tells of the inspiration for his touching and tragic poem The Identification - an interview with a bereaved father on BBC News in 1972. Seeing the footage for the first time in over 50 years, Roger reflects: "It touched me, as it touched millions. And I wanted the poem to do something similar." | BBC Archive
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A lovely interview with poet and writer Roger McGough for Thames TV's Arts programme Fusion. Transmitted in 1971. | Thames TV Archive
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