The Nation's Favourite Poems

In a nationwide poll to discover Britain’s favourite poem, Rudyard Kipling’s ‘If’ was voted number one. This unique anthology brings together over forty poems from the poll including the top ten. Superbly read by John Nettles, Siobhan Redmond, Greg Wise and Emma Fielding, this popular collection includes many classics such as Wordsworth’s ‘The Daffodils’ and Tennyson’s ‘The Lady of Shallot’ alongside contemporary poetry such as Allan Ahlberg’s ‘Please Mrs Butler’ and Wendy Cope’s ‘Bloody Men’.