The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed

The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed is a British podcast and BBC Radio 4 programme in which the Poet Laureate Simon Armitage speaks 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, the second series of nine began in July 2021,[1][2][3][4][5] and the third series began in February 2023.[6] The programme broadcast on 27 May 2020 was recorded while Armitage was self-isolating during the COVID-19 pandemic, and was the last of the first series.[7]

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",[8] and he has described it as "close to nature without camping on the lawn, it's half inside and half outside".[9] 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.[10][11]

In series 3, broadcast in 2023, the podcast available on BBC Sounds was up to 60 mins long but only a shortened version of 30 mins was broadcast on Radio 4.

Episodes
Episodes
SeriesEpisode numberFirst broadcastGuestNotes
114 March 2020Guy Garvey, singer, music presenter, birdwatcher[12][13]
211 March 2020Kae Tempest, author[14][15]
318 March 2020Testament, rapper and beatboxing champion[10][16]
425 March 2020Maxine Peake, actor[17]
51 April 2020Antony Gormley, sculptor[18]
68 April 2020Lily Cole, model and entrepreneur[19]
715 April 2020Sam Lee, singer[20]
822 April 2020Melanie Plimmer, judge[21]
96 May 2020Jackie Kay, poet[22]
1013 May 2020Laura Ashe, historian[23][11]
1120 May 2020Chris Packham[24][25]
1227 May 2020No guestRecorded in self-isolation[7]
2133 July 2021Johnny Marr, guitarist and member of The Smiths[26][27]
1410 July 2021Amanda Owen, shepherdess[28][29]
1517 July 2021Imtiaz Dharker, poet[30]
1624 July 2021J. K. Rowling, writer[31]
1731 July 2021Jo Whiley, radio and television presenter[32]
187 August 2021Gillian Burke, television presenterRecorded in Gyllyngdune Gardens in Falmouth.[33]
1914 August 2021John Tiffany, theatre director[34]
2021 August 2021Sabrina Verjee, vet and ultrarunner[35]
2128 August 2021Prince Charles, Prince of WalesRecorded in the Prince's "shed",
a barn at Llwynywermod in Wales.[36][37][38]
3225 February 2023Ian McKellen, actor[6][39]
2312 February 2023Lucy Beaumont, comedian[40]
2419 February 2023Simon Dobson, composer and conductor[41]
2526 February 2023Pam Ayres, poet[42]
265 March 2023Loyle Carner, musicianRecorded in Carner's studio in Hackney, London. [43]
2712 March 2023Olive Senior, poet

[44]

2819 March 2023Glyn Maxwell, musician[45]
2926 March 2023Julie Hesmondhalgh[46]

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. "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Ian McKellen". BBC. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  7. "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Simon Armitage". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  8. Johnson, Alex (12 March 2020). "A tour of Simon Armitage's writing shed". Shedworking. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  9. Sherwin, Adam (4 March 2020). "Poet Laureate Simon Armitage launches BBC podcast from his garden shed". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  10. "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.
  11. 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.
  12. "Guy Garvey - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed - ManchesterTheatres.com". Manchester Theatres. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  13. "Guy Garvey: Nine things we learned when he spoke to Simon Armitage". BBC. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  14. "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Kate Tempest". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  15. "Kate Tempest: 10 things we learned when she spoke to Simon Armitage". BBC. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  16. "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Testament". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  17. "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Maxine Peake". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  18. "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Antony Gormley". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  19. "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Lily Cole". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  20. "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Sam Lee". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  21. "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Judge Melanie Plimmer". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  22. "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Jackie Kay". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  23. "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Laura Ashe". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  24. "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Chris Packham". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  25. "Chris Packham: Seven things we learned when he spoke to Simon Armitage". BBC.
  26. "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Amanda Owen". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  27. "Johnny Marr: 10 things we learned when he spoke to Simon Armitage". BBC. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  28. "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Amanda Owen". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  29. "Simon Armitage does Haiku". Julie Mellor - poet. 12 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  30. "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Imtiaz Dharker". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  31. "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, JK Rowling". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  32. "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Jo Whiley". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  33. "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Gillian Burke". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  34. "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, John Tiffany". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  35. "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Sabrina Verjee". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  36. "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, HRH Prince Charles". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  37. "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.
  38. 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.
  39. "Sir Ian McKellen: 10 things we learned when he spoke to the Poet Laureate". BBC. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  40. "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Lucy Beaumont". BBC. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  41. "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Simon Dobson". BBC. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  42. "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Pam Ayres". BBC. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  43. "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Loyle Carner". BBC. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  44. "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Olive Senior". BBC. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  45. "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Glyn Maxwell". BBC. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  46. "BBC Radio 4 - The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Julie Hesmondhalgh". BBC. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
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