Selected Radio Works
- Second Draft from Saga Land – Six programmes for BBC Radio 3 on W. H. Auden and Louis MacNeice.
- Eyes of a Demigod – On Victor Grayson commissioned by BBC Radio 3.
- The Amherst Myth – on Emily Dickinson for BBC Radio 4.
- Points of Reference – on the history of navigation and orientation for BBC Radio 4.
- From Salford to Jericho – A verse drama for BBC Radio 4.
- To Bahia and Beyond – Five travelogue features in verse with Glyn Maxwell from Brazil and the Amazon for BBC Radio 3.
- The Bayeux Tapestry – A six part dramatisation, with Geoff Young, for BBC Radio 3.
- A Tree Full of Monkeys (2002) – commissioned by BBC Radio 3, with :zoviet*France:.
- The Odyssey (2004) – A three-part dramatisation for BBC Radio 4.
- Writing the City (2005) – commissioned by BBC Radio 3.
- Black Roses: The Killing of Sophie Lancaster (2011), consisting of poems telling the story of Sophie Lancaster's life, together with the personal recollections of her mother.
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