Sex, Chips & Poetry: 50 Years of the Mersey Sound

2017 60 min

Overview

Fifty years ago, Penguin published its 1967 hit pop poetry book The Mersey Sound, introducing Roger McGough, Brian Patten and Adrian Henri to the world, thereby securing Liverpool as the cultural centre of the UK and bringing poetry to pop audiences. With the help of famous friends and fellow writers, McGough and Patten tell the inside story of this modern classic and how they made poetry cool.

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Documentary

Production Countries

United Kingdom

Spoken Languages

English en

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Cast

Roger McGough

Himself

Brian Patten

Himself

Adrian Henri

Himself

Isy Suttie

Narrator

Crew

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