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Simon Armitage
Marsden, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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 Le…
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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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2022
Art That Made Us
TV show Self - Poet Laureate, Translated Pearl. 2016
- 2021
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2021
Winter Walks
TV show Self
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2017
Last Words
Movie Writer
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2017
Richard Osman's House of Games
TV show Self - Panellist
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2015
Black Roses: The Killing of Sophie Lancaster
Movie Writer
- 2015
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2015
The Raft of the Medusa
Movie Writer
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2014
Great Poets: In Their Own Words
Movie Self
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2014
Dylan Thomas: A Poet's Guide
Movie Self
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2013
Speeches That Shook the World
Movie Self - Presenter
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2012
Simon Armitage Writing Poems
Movie Self
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2011
The Pendle Witch Child
Movie Himself - Presenter
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2010
Gods and Monsters: Homer's Odyssey
Movie Host
- 2010
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2010
Climate of Change
Movie Writer
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2009
Upgrade Me
Movie Writer
- 2009
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2007
The Not Dead
Movie Writer
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2007
Songbirds
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2006
Out of the Blue
Movie Writer
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2003
Celebrity Mastermind
TV show
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2003
Feltham Sings
Movie Writer
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1998
Drinking for England
Movie Writer
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1995
Modern Times
TV show
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1988
Building Sights
TV show Self - Presenter
