BBC Poetry Season 2009 is Now in Full Swing With a Range of Programming on All BBC Platforms Across, TV, Radio, Web, Print & Mobile

BBC Poetry Season 2009 is Now in Full Swing With a Range of Programming on All BBC Platforms Across, TV, Radio, Web, Print & Mobile

LONDON, May 19/PRNewswire/ -- A BBC Poetry Season football video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ej6v7yNLN8) has been created solely for the web. This video uses the idea of a breaking news story of a football signing as a surprising place for hearing a poem - 'Jerusalem' by William Blake.

A second exclusive Poetry Season rock video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyNzXZka2pk) sees The King Blues, an upcoming band (new single, I Got Love, released 4th May) end their gig with an edgy rendition of 'We'll go no more a roving' by Lord Byron.

The list below is of some of the artists who have submitted a video to this year's poetry season. Each video is a personal account on the poetry that has inspired their life.

          - Alex James - Musician, Blur (Cocaine Diaries)      - Michelle Ryan - Actress (Eastenders)      - Nihal - (Radio 1 DJ)      - Bill Drummond - Musician (KLF)      - Matt Abbott aka Skint & Demoralised - Northern soul inspired musician /       Spoken word artist      - Miquita Oliver - Presenter (T4)      - Anthony Horrowitz - Writer (Alex Rider / Foyle's War)  

All of the above videos can be found on the BBC Youtube Channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/bbc)

Feel free to post the videos on your own websites & blogs by using the embed codes provided below:

Embed code for The BBC Poetry Seasons "Football Video"

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Embed code The BBC Poetry Seasons "Rock Video"

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      Contact:     James Norris     Nitro Digital, Golden Cross House     8 Duncannon Street     London     WC2N 4JF     poetry@nitro-digital.co.uk     +44-207-484-8629  

Source: The BBC Poetry Season

James Norris, Nitro Digital, poetry@nitro-digital.co.uk, +44-207-484-8629

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