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RADIO
“The poet and dramatist Michael Symmons Roberts
is an outstanding writer, whom radio has done much to
nurture.”
Sunday Times – Paul Donovan
1999 : Radio 2 commission - ‘Anno Domini’ -
11 part history of Christianity in Britain, performed
by Derek Jacobi.
2000 : Radio 4 / World Service commissioned poem for
Hiroshima Day - ‘A Fearful Symmetry.’ Performed
by actress Fiona Shaw and tenor Robert Tear, with the
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra playing music by James Whitbourn.
Winner of the Premier Sandford St Martin Broadcasting
Award. Repeated in 2001 on Radio 4.
2000 : Radio 2 commission - ‘Behold the Man’ -
6 part biography of Jesus. Performed by Derek Jacobi,
repeated on BBC World Service.
2000 : Radio 4 commissioned 45’ drama - ‘Brimstone’ -
produced by Realize Productions for Radio 4.
2001 : Radio 4 commission - ‘The Wounds’ – poem
for Good Friday, performed by Simon Russell-Beale, with
music by James Whitbourn.
2002 : Radio 4 commission – ‘The Hurricane’ – poem
for Pentecost, performed by Fiona Shaw, with music by
James Whitbourn.
2002 : Radio 4 commission – ‘A Higher Place’ – writer
and presenter of series on Sacred Mountains of the world.
2002: Radio 4 commission – ‘Last Words’ – poem
to mark 1st Anniversary of 9/11, performed by Sir Antony
Sher, with music by John Harle.
2002: Radio 2 commission – writer and presenter
of ‘Landscape of Remembrance’, on the poets
of the First World War.
2002: Radio 4 commission – ‘Keeping the
Feast’
2003: Radio 4 commission – ‘Hound of Heaven’ – on
the Victorian poet Francis Thompson.
2003: Radio 2 commission – ‘The Good Book’ – 6
part series on the Bible. Winner of the Premier Award
at the Jerusalem Trust Awards 2004.
2003: Radio 4 commission – ‘The Chair’ – on
Welsh poetry.
2003: Writer & presenter of ‘The Cross’ – documentary
on Radio 4.
2004: Writer of Radio 2 six part series ‘Sacred
Nation’ - a history of multi-faith Britain, presented
by Christopher Eccleston
2004: Radio 4 commissioned poem – ‘Crossing
the Dark Sea’ in collaboration with composer James
Whitbourn, to mark D-Day anniversary. Performed by Christopher
Eccleston and Katherine Jenkins.
2005: commissioned poem
for R3 The Verb
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