Mersey Sound poets Roger McGough and Brian Patten: 50 years on

The poets behind Liverpool's iconic Mersey Sound are marking 50 years since the publication of one of the best-selling poetry books of all time.

Roger McGough and Brian Patten are performing a selection of their work - setting some of them to music.

The one-off event at the Playhouse theatre will celebrate their new poems as well as some from the original anthology.

In the early part of their careers the pair, together with the late Adrian Henri, influenced a generation of poets and storytellers from the basement Everyman Bistro where they performed.