BBC Contains Strong Language 2020

Six powerful films showcase brand-new work on the theme of 'protest' by the Words First spoken word artists.

The Contains Strong Language poets perform their writing in a poetry relay.

Experience Contains Strong Language 2020, including Front Row live from Wordsworth Grasmere presented by Katie Popperwell.

Relive the celebration of spoken word and highlights from the Contains Strong Language festival in Cumbria.

Atmospheric and spellbinding, Kate Clanchy gives Coleridge's unfinished poem Christabel a contemporary twist. Part of Contains Strong Language.

CSL poet Jacob Polley's play Emergency explores the experience of a love-struck couple in Carlisle during the catastrophic flood event of 2005. Contains Strong Language for BBC Radio 4.

All you need to know about the festival behind over 20 events in Cumbria over three days, as leading poets and world class spoken word artists take to the stage.

Browse an A-Z of events or by date at the Contains Strong Language Festival 2020.