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.
Roger McGough
Himself
Brian Patten
Himself
Adrian Henri
Himself
Isy Suttie
Narrator
A Plastic Ocean75%
Night Will Fall76%
35 Up76%
28 Up75%
Sidney70%
My Mom Jayne79%
Lionel Messi: Destiny78%
Seduced and Abandoned61%
The Class of ‘9271%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
That's Entertainment!73%
McQueen74%
Public Speaking70%
Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life64%
21 Up74%
I Am Heath Ledger74%
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me84%
Tricked: The Documentary61%
Hawking76%
Maternal Instinct72%
