Simon Armitage: Ten Pence Story

A film of Simon Armitage reading his poem 'Ten Pence Story' back when he was the new kid in British poetry. This poem is from his first collection ZOOM! (1989), still in print from his first publisher Bloodaxe: http://www.bloodaxebooks.com/titlepag... Made in 1991 when Simon was just 28, this film is from the Wordworks series of short poem films made by Tyne Tees Television with Bloodaxe Books, first shown in May-June 1992, produced by Mark Lavender and directed by Rob Cowley. http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/A...