The Pobble Who Has No Toes

One of Edward Lear’s many wonderful nonsense poems adapted for radio. Keep an eye on your toes…

Narrated by: Damien Brown. Additional voices, sounds and music by: Damien Brown and Henrietta Rowlatt.

Fireside 5: Poetry and Music? What, Together??
27th of March 2014 · In "2014"
FIRST THINGS FIRST: BE WARNED. This programme contains THREE swear words. Blame the poets. Josh hopes you like them. And the poets! Back for a fifth week! Fireside is the folk, poetry and whatever-we-like sharing space. We have Stef Mo, Norman Hadley, Silvia Silvy and a bulk load-more to show off to…
A Potted History of Potatoes: An Interview with Billy Butler
25th of February 2010 · In "2010"
The ‘Pot-8-toes’ clip is regarded by many as one of the finest clips of live radio. Billy Butler, the presenter of the clip, who’s celebrating his 40th anniversary in show business this year, is interviewed in his native Liverpool about his memories of the piece and the BBC Radio Merseyside…
Alan Brown on BIRSt
1st of October 2006 · In "The Teams"
Hi, my name is Alan Brown I’m from Poole, Dorset and I work here in the Bournemouth Media School, teaching Audio Production skills. I’ve been playing around with sound since the age of 12. I am looking forward to making Radio programmes and getting something on BIRSt at last! Update:…