Stars like jeremy irons. Something for everyone. Hello from hull. This weekend we host the biggest festival of poetry and spoken word. Swerving to solitude of skies and scarecrows. Between the shorelines. I have been known to write a few. It is a rich tradition in lancashire to turn up at a wedding with a ditty but i wouldnt put myself in the class of the great writers i am reading this week in anyway shape or form. Its National Poetry day and we hear from some people reading their favourite poems. They have been sent to fry us. It is exciting to see the hull accent and language taking its place on a global stage. The reason being black and academic doesnt match your perspective. You are sparkly like the wit of your mind. So much there. You cant have a poetry festival without the legend that is the punk poetjohn cooper clarke. He was an absolute gent and he took time out to share tips about how to be a performance poet. The doorbell used to say ding dong but now it bursts out in to son
Steps. I dont understand by weve had so many amazing dancers come dancers come from hull, its quite incredible. We go behind the scenes as the turner prize moves from london to hull. We will see what the public think of the short listed artists. This one here. Dirty murderers have put their bum cheeks on that. It should be piled high and set alight. Hello and welcome to the show. This is a hall for hull, its a huge new art installation being installed here in front of hull minster. Which is one of many venues taking part in the contains Strong Language festival. And in this weather im glad weve got somewhere to go indoors. Have you got room in there for a little one . Whos the little one . Kate tempest has just finished rehearsing. Shes one of the headline acts here at britans biggest spoken word festival. Its called contains Strong Language, four days over 60 acts and if you thought poetry was just similes, stanzas and sonnets, think again. Bbc radio 1xtra were here last night. I went
This is bbc news. The headlines Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe, the british iranian woman jailed in iran for spying, is on the verge of a nervous breakdown, according to her husband. In a telephone conversation with borisjohnson that he called positive he said the foreign secretary expressed deep sorrow for her suffering, but this evening the row over the governments handling of the case continues. The deputy Prime Minister damian green insists police never told him about pornography allegedly found on his computers. He says the allegations have an ulterior motive. The prince of wales has led the country in honouring its war dead on remembrance sunday, taking the queens place to lay a wreath at the cenotaph in london. Now on bbc news, Anne Marie Tasker and kofi smiles go behind the scenes of hull 2017 in britains city of culture. Welcome to autumn in the awesome city of culture. Summer might be over but the culture keeps coming. This huge new art installation is the latest. It fits in with
Installations fitting in with hull. We also have the spoken word and poetry festival. Also, some of the worlds finest ballet dancers come back to hull. I dont understand how we have had so many amazing dancers come from hull. We go behind the scenes in the turner prize. What do the public think about the shortlisted artists . This one here, it should be piled high and set alight. Welcome to the show. This is a huge new art installation being installed in front of hullminster. That is why so in front of hullminster. That is why so many activities are taking plays. How we got room for the little one and here . Who is that . Under here. She hasjust finished rehearsing. She is one of the headline acts that the biggest spoken word festival. It is called contains strong langage. Four than 60 acts. We were here yesterday. It was incredible. There is much more than rap. You have stars of poetry, like simon armitage. And hollywood stars, likejeremy like simon armitage. And hollywood stars, like
Like. Thousands of white seats here as far as the eye could see. We were waiting for 4 30 when the gates could open. Suddenly they did. Back live now. If everyone can wave. There we go. Look at this. Here waiting patiently. Because up on stage theres a big sound check going on for the philly pops. And, of course, boyz ii men and mary j blige. I was bopping to the music for the last few hours. Ma mary j blige is here. Shes in the trailer back there. Thats the excitement right here. Erin counting down our special starts at 7 00. About an hour from now. Nbc 10 deanna joins us down the way a little bit. People are filtering in. Reporter people are roaming here along the parkway. Well give you an idea where i am. The stage there where mary j blige will be up there near the art museum. Im down here in the middle of the party on the parkway. Even though theres about an hour here for people to have food and fun, theyre setting up for tonights big concert. This is amazing. We love it. Reporter