Editing Craig Charles (section)

=== Performance poetry ===
Charles first appeared on television as the resident poet on the arts programme ''Riverside'' on [[BBC2]] and on the day-time BBC1 chat show ''[[Pebble Mill at One]]''.<ref>[http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2011/07/02/craig-charles-returns-to-birmingham-for-the-mostly-jazz-festival-97319-28979805/ "Craig Charles returns to Birmingham for the Mostly Jazz festival"], ''Birmingham Mail'', 2 July 2011, {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805032537/http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2011/07/02/craig-charles-returns-to-birmingham-for-the-mostly-jazz-festival-97319-28979805/|date=5 August 2011}}</ref> Charles was the resident poet on the [[Channel 4]] programme ''Black on Black'' (1985)<ref>"Craig Charles poet/broadcaster", ''Black on Black'', 1985, [http://www.search.digitalhandsworth.org.uk/engine/resource/exhibition/standard/child.asp?txtKeywords=&lstContext=&lstResourceType=&lstExhibitionType=3&chkPurchaseVisible=&txtDateFrom=&txtDateTo=&x1=&y1=&x2=&y2=&scale=&theme=&album=&viewpage=%2Fengine%2Fresource%2Fexhibition%2Fstandard%2Fchild.asp&originator=%2Fengine%2Fcustom%2Fgallery.asp&page=&records=&direction=&pointer=&text=0&resource=598&exhibition=445&offset=16 Digital Handsworth] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502004007/http://www.search.digitalhandsworth.org.uk/engine/resource/exhibition/standard/child.asp?txtKeywords=&lstContext=&lstResourceType=&lstExhibitionType=3&chkPurchaseVisible=&txtDateFrom=&txtDateTo=&x1=&y1=&x2=&y2=&scale=&theme=&album=&viewpage=%2Fengine%2Fresource%2Fexhibition%2Fstandard%2Fchild.asp&originator=%2Fengine%2Fcustom%2Fgallery.asp&page=&records=&direction=&pointer=&text=0&resource=598&exhibition=445&offset=16 |date=2 May 2014 }}</ref> and its entertainment-based successor ''Club Mix'' (1986), and he appeared, weekly, as a [[John Cooper Clarke]]-style 'punk poet' on the BBC2 pop music programme ''[[Oxford Road Show]]'' (ORS). Charles performed his political poems as stand-up comedy on the late-night show ''[[Saturday Live (UK TV series)|Saturday Live]]'' (1985–87) and on the prime-time BBC1 chat show ''Wogan'' (1986–87), where he performed a topical poem in a weekly feature. He also appeared as a guest on shows including ''Open Air'' (1988). Charles included significant acting in his performance style, enabling him to put the emotion across.<ref>Charles interviewed on ''The Steve Jones Show'', LBC Radio (London), 16 March 1989</ref>
In September 2015, Charles performed his "epic" poem ''Scary Fairy and the Tales of the Dark Wood'' live with the [[BBC Philharmonic]] orchestra, in a concert to be broadcast on BBC Radio 2's ''[[Friday Night Is Music Night]]'' at Halloween.