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  • A poem from Geoffrey's memorial service

    THE SINGING CAT

    By Stevie Smith

     

    It was a little captive cat

    Upon a crowded train

    His mistress takes him from his box

    To ease his fretful pain. 

     

    She holds him tight upon her knee

     The graceful animal

    And all the people look at him

     He is so beautiful.

     

    But oh he pricks and oh he prods

     And turns upon her knee

    Then lifteth up his innocent voice

     In plaintive melody.

     

    He lifteth up his innocent voice

     He lifteth up, he singeth

    And to each human countenance

     A smile of grace he bringeth.

     

    He lifteth up his innocent paw

     Upon her breast he clingeth

    And everybody cries, Behold

     The cat, the cat that singeth.

     

    He lifteth up his innocent voice

     He lifteth up, he singeth

    And all the people warm themselves

     In the love his beauty bringeth. 

     

                                                     

    Published with permission of Faber & Faber Ltd

  • Poetry on Doctors

    Specially written poetry was featured in two episodes this week. 
    On Tuesday, 5 March the episode 'Shrovetide' featured this poem by the Jeremy Hylton Davies:

    ‘This Day’

    This Minute is Yours
    This Hour, This Day
    The footprint in the sand,
    This beach.
    The crackling of leaves underfoot
    The Winter birds in song
    This forest.

    This climb, peak heading
    Crossing rock and stream,
    This mountain.
    This smile.

    This laughter,
    This hand, clasping yours,
    Skin binding skin, 
    The forever bond between,
    You and me.

    This happy moment.
    This is Yours.

    And Ours.
    Forever Ours.


    On Wednesday, 6 March the episode 'The Sharper the Tongue' by Andrew Cornish featured this poem by Andrew:


    The darker the berry, the more sour the fruit.
    The brighter the flower, the more bitter the root.
    The sharper the tongue, the sweeter the smile;
    The wolves in sheep’s clothing bewitch and beguile.
    They speak to you kindly to lead you astray,
    To feast on your sadness, your fear and dismay.
    So honour your father, repent all your sin,
    And always beware of the beast from within.


  • Words and music from Heston's funeral

    Here's a list of the songs and readings from Heston's funeral.


    Music 

    Bach                 Goldberg Variations                        Glenn Gould

    Mozart          Requiem:  Lacrimosa      

    Slade                 Cuz I love you

    Trad.                 Morning Has Broken

    Tallis                     Mass for four voices: Agnus Dei

    Mozart                 Soave si il vento from Cosi Fan Tutte

    Eric Idle                Always look on the bright side of life

    Nick Drake          River Man

    Navin Kundra      Mehbooba (Doctors Remix)


    Ruhma's reading: 

    Rumi –  In The Arc of your mallet

    Don't go anywhere without me.
    Let nothing happen in the sky apart from me,
    or on the ground, in this world or that world,
    without my being in its happening.
    Vision, see nothing I don't see.
    Language, say nothing.
    The way the night knows itself with the moon,
    be that with me. Be the rose
    nearest to the thorn that I am.

    I want to feel myself in you when you taste food,
    in the arc of your mallet when you work,

    Music: Poignant Grace    Peter Nickalls                    


  • Go behind the scenes at the car crash!

    Still reeling from the dramatic car crash?
    Go behind the scenes with our exclusive video, and see how we did it.
    CLICK HERE!

  • Read Doctors scripts at BBC Writersroom!

    Our friends at BBC Writersoom have added the following Doctors scripts to their library
    Walk a Mile by Toby Walton, broadcast 19th October 2017
    Boisterous by Paul Campbell, broadcast 16th January 2018
    Suffer the Children by Henrietta Hardy broadcast 31st January 2018
    Eggshells by Andrew Cornish, broadcast 8th May 2018
    You can the scrips to read by clicking on the link:
    CLICK HERE FOR MORE!

  • Exclusive On Line Films for Mental Health Awareness Week

    Doctors have produced a series of short films to accompany their episodes in Mental Health Awareness Week, featuring  poems and prose written by people dealing with mental health conditions (including Sathnam Sanghera, Stevie Smith, Emily Dickinson and Suli Breaks) and performed by our cast and filmed in and around the city of Birmingham.

    You can follow the links below to watch them.

    "Mental health problems can be hard enough" by Suli Breaks performed by Ashleigh Rice

    "Just Because" by Adam Stones (a local poet to Birmingham) performed by Ashley Rice

    'The Boy with a Top Knot' by Sathnam Sanghera  – read by Adrian Lewis Morgan

    "It was Not Death" by Emily Dickinson – read by Elisabeth Dermot Walsh

     

  • Mental Health Awareness Week Writers Room Blog

    Doctors writer Andrew Cornish talks about writing for Mental Health Awareness Week, from what sparked the idea, and how together he, Series Producer Peter Lloyd and Script Editor Nasreen Ahmed, arrived at the idea of a 6 episode special and the importance of weaving these stories in with the regular characters of Doctors. You can read his blog over on the Writers room here.

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