Word of Mouth

Synopsis

A 10-part poetry night club series hosted by John Hegley with contributions from some of the greatest poets from around the world. Shown on Border Television in 1990.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Year of release

1998

Year of production

1990

Notes

Broadcast on Border Television in 1990.

Subjects

Literature

Keywords

Breeze, Jean ‘Binta’; Bunting, Basil; Clarke, Gillian; MacDiarmid, Hugh (1882-1978); Mitchell, Adrian; Nichols, Grace; performances; poetry; Lochhead, Liz; Armachai, Yehuda; Feagan, Devan; Duffy, Carol Ann; Doa, Bei; Fisher, Roy; Dove, Rita; van Toorn, Willem; Hawad; Normal, Henry; Pack, Roger Lloyd; Schierbeek, Bert; Phillips, Tom; Voznesensky, Andrei; Rakosi, Carl; Johnson, Lynton Kwesi; Mayakowski; Morgan, Edwin; Reading, Peter; Rozewicz, Tadeusz; Beybe, Francis; Leonard, Tom; Simmons, James; Clarke, John Cooper; Raworth, Tom; Adonis; Agard, John; Cleary, Brendan; Herbert, Zbigniew; Cobbing, Bob

Distribution Formats

Type

VHS

Format

PAL

Price

£15.00 each

Availability

Hire

Duration/Size

10 x 25 minutes

Year

2004

Sections

Title

Word of Mouth 1

Synopsis

Contributions by Liz Lochhead (Scotland), Yehuda Amachai (Israel), Grace Nichols (West Indies/England) and Devan Feagan (England)

Title

Word of Mouth 2

Synopsis

Contributions by Carol Ann Duffy (England), Bei Doa (China), and Roy Fisher (England)

Title

Word of Mouth 3

Synopsis

Contributions by Hugh McDiarmid (Scotland), Rita Dove (USA), Gillian Clarke (Wales) and Willem van Toorn (Netherlands)

Title

Word of Mouth 4

Synopsis

Contributions by Hawad (Tuareg nomad), Henry Normal (England), Roger Lloyd Pack (reading Keats), and Basil Bunting (England)

Title

Word of Mouth 5

Synopsis

Contributions by Rita Dove (USA), Adrian Mitchell (England), Bert Schierbeek (Netherlands) and Tom Phillips (England)

Title

Word of Mouth 6

Synopsis

Contributions by Jean Binta Breeze (Jamaica), Andrei Voznesensky (USSR) and Cark Rakosi (USA)

Title

Word of Mouth 7

Synopsis

Contributions from Linton Kwesi Johnson (Jamaica, England), Mayakowski (USSR), Edwin Morgan (Scotland) and Pete Reading (England)

Title

Word of Mouth 8

Synopsis

Contributions from Tadeusz Rozewicz (Poland), Francis Beybe (Cameroon), Tom Leonard (Scotland) and James Simmons (N. Ireland)

Title

Word of Mouth 9

Synopsis

Contributions fro John Cooper Clarke (England), Tom Raworth (England), and Adonis (Lebanon)

Title

Word of Mouth 10

Synopsis

Contributions from John Agard (Caribbean/England), Brendan Cleary (N. Ireland), Zbigniew Herbert (Poland) and Bob Cobbing (England)

Production Company

Name

Arts Council of Great Britain

Phone

020 7973 6455

Fax

020 7973 6581

Address

London
SW1P 3NG

Sponsor

Name

Border Television

Distributor

Name

Arts on Film Archive, University of Westminster

Notes

Arts on Film Archive offers on-line access to a large range of films on art produced in the United Kingdom since the 1950s, and is a unique record of British and international post-war art, as well as of documentary film-making in the UK. In its first phase, the archive offers a complete database and an on-line video streaming of all 450 films made by the film department of Arts Council England between 1953 and 1998 and several films produced till 2003 by the dance Department of ACE. The collection is only available streamed to ac.uk domain addresses.