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The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed is a British podcast and BBC Radio 4 programme in which the Poet Laureate Simon Armitage spoke to an invited guest, usually in his writing-shed of his Yorkshire home. The first series of twelve hour-long broadcasts began in March 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic, and the second series of nine began in July 2021.[1][2][3][4][5] The programme broadcast on 27 May was recorded while Armitage was self-isolating during the COVID-19 pandemic, and was the last of the first series.[6]

The broadcasts were recorded in Armitage's writing shed in the garden of his home in West Yorkshire. The contents of the shed include "a harmonium, a pizza oven, a daybed, books on birdspotting, a decent spread of music cassettes, and an impressive collection of sherry",[7] and he has described it as "close to nature without camping on the lawn, it's half inside and half outside".[8] Armitage and his guest have a wide-ranging conversation, often touching on his ongoing translation of the medieval poem The Owl and the Nightingale, and the guest answers a series of quick-fire questions such as "night or day, north or south, Woman's Hour or In Our Time?" before being offered a glass of sherry.[9][10]

Episodes

Caption text
Series First broadcast Guest Notes
1 4 March 2020 Guy Garvey, singer, music presenter, birdwatcher [11]
1 11 March 2020 Kae Tempest [12]
1 18 March 2020 Testament, rapper and beatboxing champion[9] [13]
1 25 March 2020 Maxine Peake, actor [14]
1 2020 Antony Gormley, sculptor [15]
1 2020 Lily Cole [16]
1 2020 Sam Lee [17]
1 2020 Melanie Plimmer, judge [18]
1 6 May 2020 Jackie Kay, poet [19]
1 13 May 2020 Laura Ashe, historian [20][10]
1 20 May 2020 Chris Packham [21]
1 27 May 2020 No guest Recorded in self-isolation[6]
2 3 July 2021 Johnny Marr, guitarist and member of The Smiths [22]
2 10 July 2021 Amanda Owen, shepherdess [23][24]
2 17 July 2021 Imtiaz Dharker, poet [25]
2 24 July 2021 J. K. Rowling, writer [26]
2 31 July 2021 Jo Whiley [27]
2 7 August 2021 Gillian Burke Recorded in Gyllyngdune Gardens in Falmouth.[28]
2 14 August 2021 John Tiffany, theatre director [29]
2 21 August 2021 Sabrina Verjee, vet and ultrarunner [30]
2 28 August 2021 Prince Charles, heir to the throne Recorded in the Prince's "shed",
a barn at Llwynywermod in Wales.[31][32][33]

References

  1. ^ "Simon Armitage invites guests for sherry in The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed". Financial Times. 12 April 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  2. ^ "The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed returns to Radio 4". RadioToday. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  3. ^ Maier, John. "Contains moments of spellbinding banality: Radio 4's The Poet Laureate has Gone to his Shed reviewed". The Spectator. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Guy Garvey - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed - ManchesterTheatres.com". Manchester Theatres. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  5. ^ "The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed". Listen Notes. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  6. ^ a b "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Simon Armitage". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  7. ^ Johnson, Alex (12 March 2020). "A tour of Simon Armitage's writing shed". Shedworking. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  8. ^ Sherwin, Adam (4 March 2020). "Poet Laureate Simon Armitage launches BBC podcast from his garden shed". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  9. ^ a b "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Welcome to The Poet Laureate Has Gone To His Shed". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  10. ^ a b Wickham, Edward (5 June 2020). "Radio review: The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Analysis: Identity wars, and The Archers". www.churchtimes.co.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  11. ^ "Guy Garvey - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed - ManchesterTheatres.com". Manchester Theatres. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  12. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Kate Tempest". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  13. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Testament". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  14. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Maxine Peake". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  15. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Antony Gormley". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  16. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Lily Cole". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  17. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Sam Lee". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  18. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Judge Melanie Plimmer". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  19. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Jackie Kay". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  20. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Laura Ashe". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  21. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Chris Packham". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  22. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Amanda Owen". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  23. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Amanda Owen". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  24. ^ "Simon Armitage does Haiku". Julie Mellor - poet. 12 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  25. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Imtiaz Dharker". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  26. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, JK Rowling". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  27. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Jo Whiley". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  28. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Gillian Burke". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  29. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, John Tiffany". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  30. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Sabrina Verjee". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  31. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, HRH Prince Charles". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  32. ^ "The Prince of Wales appears on 'The Poet Laureate Has Gone To His Shed'". www.princeofwales.gov.uk. Prince of Wales. 28 August 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  33. ^ Sherwin, Adam (11 August 2021). "Prince Charles invites Poet Laureate Simon Armitage into his garden shed for Radio 4 chat". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
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