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  • Published: 1 February 2006
  • ISBN: 9781405628143
  • Imprint: BBC DL
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 2 hr 8 min
  • Narrator: Pam Ayres
  • RRP: $11.99

The Pam Ayres Poetry Collection




A selection of classic humorous poems, written and performed by Pam Ayres.

Warm and witty, direct and droll, the sharply funny Pam Ayres has been amusing and entertaining her many fans for more than 30 years since her first television appearance on Opportunity Knocks. Her humorous observations of daily life touch a chord with anybody who's ever been bewildered by the exercise craze or has yearned after the vanished Spotted Dick. In this collection, Pam reads over 50 of her best-known and loved poems, including such favourites as 'Oh I Wish I'd Looked After Me Teeth', 'I'm a Starling...me Darling', 'Will I have to be Sexy at Sixty?', and 'St. Tesco'. Many of the poems include a personal introduction by Pam.

  • Published: 1 February 2006
  • ISBN: 9781405628143
  • Imprint: BBC DL
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 2 hr 8 min
  • Narrator: Pam Ayres
  • RRP: $11.99

About the author

Pam Ayres

Pam Ayres has been a writer, broadcaster and entertainer for over 40 years. She is the author of several bestselling poetry books, including The Works, Surgically Enhanced, You Made Me Late Again! and The Last Hedgehog. Pam’s autobiography, The Necessary Aptitude, was a bestseller when it was published in 2011.


On radio she is a regular on Just A Minute, has made six series of her own Ayres On The Air and has appeared twice on the legendary Desert Island Discs.


Pam performs her solo stage show throughout the UK and lives in the Cotswolds, where she is an enthusiastic gardener for wildlife.

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