 Roger McGough writes poems for adults and children and he is also a performance poet. He was born in Liverpool in November 1937 and was brought up during the Second World War against the background of the bombing of the city. He was educated at St Mary's College, and at Hull University. He was a member of the pop music/poetry group 'The Scaffold' between 1963 and 1973. He made his name as one of the 'Liverpool Poets' with Adrian Henri and Brian Patten. He has twice won the Signal Poetry Award: first in 1984 then again in 1999. His film work includes Kurt, Mungo, BP and Me (1984), for which he won a BAFTA award, and he won the Royal Television Society Award for his science programme The Elements (1993).
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