Roger McGough

Рождение : 1937-11-09, Liverpool, England, UK

Фильмы

Almost Liverpool 8
Himself
In the early 1970s, acclaimed photojournalist Don McCullin photographed the area of Toxteth in Liverpool, capturing the community during an era of transition and decline. Focussing on one photograph from his collection, a group of filmmakers paint a contemporary portrait of the postcode fifty-years on.
Sex, Chips & Poetry: 50 Years of the Mersey Sound
Himself
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.
Rock 'n' Roll Britannia
Narrator (voice)
Documentary about the pre-Beatles rock era, when a series of British acts created a unique copy of American rock 'n' roll
Twockers
Poem
Bonfires, thieving and love in Halifax. An award-winning hybrid of documentary and drama that lets teenagers act out their lives in a West Yorkshire council estate. Trevor is a typical seventeen year old dosser living on a housing estate in the North of England. He smokes ‘blow’, joyrides and burgles houses, and also writes poetry. His muse is his next door neighbour, sixteen year old Amie. Every morning he works on a poem that will express his feelings and maybe win Amie’s heart.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Other Stories
Narrator (voice)
The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Other Stories is a compilation of five of Eric Carle’s most popular stories. In The Very Hungry Caterpillar, a tiny caterpillar eats and eats... and eats his way through the week; Papa, Please Get The Moon For Me shows a young girl asking her father for the moon, but he discovers that the moon is very, very big. The Very Quiet Cricket is about a cricket who finally finds his voice and The Mixed-Up Chameleon learns an important lesson about being himself. Finally, I See A Song invites audiences on a magical musical journey. But can you really see a song?
The Lifeswappers
Writer
Who would you be if you could choose? Princess Anne? Linda Lovelace? The Prime Minister? Since things are already so bad for Trevor – rotten job, bitchy wife – he decides to answer a "life-swapping" ad in the local paper. But once the swapping starts, who knows where it could end?
Plod
Writer
Based on Roger McGough's PC Plod poems, a series of quick comic sketches performed by The Scaffold.
Plod
Poet
Based on Roger McGough's PC Plod poems, a series of quick comic sketches performed by The Scaffold.