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Episodes from A Poet's Guide to Britain broadcast in 2009

October
  1. Louis MacNeice
    6/6. Owen Sheers heads into the trees to explore Louis MacNeice's poem Woods. (R)
  2. Lynette Roberts
    5/6. Owen Sheers visits a Welsh village to explore Lynette Roberts's Poem from Llanybri. (R)
  3. Matthew Arnold
    4/6. Owen Sheers visits Oxford to explore Matthew Arnold's bleak poem Dover Beach. (R)
  4. George Mackay Brown
    3/6. Owen Sheers visits the Orkneys to explore George Mackay Brown's poem Hamnavoe. (R)
  5. Sylvia Plath
    2/6. Owen Sheers explores the story behind Sylvia Plath's poem Wuthering Heights. (R)
September
  1. William Wordsworth
    1/6. Owen Sheers explores the story behind Wordsworth's Composed upon Westminster Bridge. (R)
June
  1. Louis MacNeice
    6/6. Owen Sheers heads into the trees to explore Louis MacNeice's poem Woods.
  2. Lynette Roberts
    5/6. Owen Sheers visits a Welsh village to explore Lynette Roberts's Poem from Llanybri.
May
  1. Matthew Arnold
    4/6. Owen Sheers visits Oxford to explore Matthew Arnold's bleak poem Dover Beach.
  2. George Mackay Brown
    3/6. Owen Sheers visits the Orkneys to explore George Mackay Brown's poem Hamnavoe.
  3. Sylvia Plath
    2/6. Owen Sheers explores the story behind Sylvia Plath's poem Wuthering Heights.
  4. William Wordsworth
    1/6. Owen Sheers explores the story behind Wordsworth's Composed upon Westminster Bridge.

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