Poet McGough presents 'surreal' Radio 4 sketch show

Poet Roger McGough is to front a surreal new comedy sketch show for Radio 4.

The 77-year-old Mersey poet will be joined by comedy veteran Helen Atkinson-Wood as well as actor Philip Jackson and 15 Minute Musical co-creator Richie Webb for the shows, called Radio Fun.

Two recordings are set for later this month, with the BBC promising listeners will 'hear his familiar voice in a whole new light… expect merriment and melancholy in equal measures'.

The author of more than 50 books, McGough is also known for his children's poetry. He worked on the script of the Beatles film Yellow Submarine, appeared in the spoof The Rutles and hosts Radio 4's Poetry Please. He was awarded an OBE for services to poetry in 1997, a CBE in 2008 and has been honoured with the Freedom of the City of Liverpool.

Click here to be in the audience at the recordings, at the BBC's Maida Vale Studios in London.

Published: 9 Dec 2014