Simon Robert Armitage, CBE, FRSL is an English poet, playwright and novelist who was appointed Poet Laureate on 10 May 2019. He is also professor of poetry at the University of Leeds and succeeded Geoffrey Hill as Oxford Professor of Poetry when he was elected to the four year part time appointment from 2015–2019.
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A Pandemic Poem: Where Did the World Go?
2021·0.0
Ted Hughes: Stronger Than Death
2015·0.0
Great Poets: In Their Own Words
2014·0.0
Dylan Thomas: A Poet's Guide
2014·0.0
Speeches That Shook the World
2013·0.0
Simon Armitage Writing Poems
2012·0.0
The Pendle Witch Child
2011·7.6
Gods and Monsters: Homer's Odyssey
2010·5.5
The Making of King Arthur
2010·8.0
BBC Four Presents: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
2009·9.0