Writer, entertainer, comedienne, and broadcaster Pam Ayres has been entertaining the nation for years. Here she performs her best-loved later poems, recorded in a studio in 2008. This collection of her most recent wry and witty poems is a must have for any fan.
Pam's humorous poems have contributed immeasurably to the wider appeal of all forms of poetry, and her work was featured in a poll of the nations favourite 100 poems.
Its over 30 years since Pam first appeared on the TV talent show Opportunity Knocks, and since then her comic poems have contributed enormously to the wider appeal today of all forms of poetry. Many of Pam's poems feature in anthologies used in schools around the world. Shes been a regular on TV and Radio over the years on BBC Radio 2 with her own series, The Comedy Quiz, Pam Ayres Sunday Afternoon and Pam Ayres Open Road, and on Radio 4 in Just A Minute, That Reminds Me, The Right Time, Wireless Wise, and her own recent Radio 4 series Ayres On The Air. In Spring 2008 Pam wil be starring in the Radio 4 sitcom, Potting On.
She was awarded the MBE in the Queens Birthday Honours of 2004.