Simon Armitage
Writing
Biography
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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Celebrity Mastermind
2003
Modern Times
1995
Richard Osman's House of Games
2017
Building Sights
1988
Art That Made Us
2022
Winter Walks
2021
The Pendle Witch Child
2011
Great Poets: In Their Own Words
2014
Speeches That Shook the World
2013
Simon Armitage Writing Poems
2012
The Making of King Arthur
2010
Gods and Monsters: Homer's Odyssey
2010
Ted Hughes: Stronger Than Death
2015
Dylan Thomas: A Poet's Guide
2014
BBC Four Presents: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
2009
A Pandemic Poem: Where Did the World Go?
2021
On the crew 14
Modern Times
1995
Last Words
2017
Out of the Blue
2006
The Raft of the Medusa
2015
The Making of King Arthur
2010
Climate of Change
2010
Black Roses: The Killing of Sophie Lancaster
2015
Gods and Monsters: Homer's Odyssey
2010
The Not Dead
2007
BBC Four Presents: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
2009
A Pandemic Poem: Where Did the World Go?
2021
Feltham Sings
2003
Drinking for England
1998
Songbirds
2007