A Poet's Guide to Britain Episode guide

  1. Louis MacNeice

    6/6 Owen Sheers heads into the trees to explore Louis MacNeice's poem Woods.

    First broadcast: 08 Jun 2009

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  2. Lynette Roberts

    5/6 Owen Sheers visits a Welsh village to explore Lynette Roberts's Poem from Llanybri.

    First broadcast: 01 Jun 2009

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  3. Matthew Arnold

    4/6 Owen Sheers visits Oxford to explore Matthew Arnold's bleak poem Dover Beach.

    First broadcast: 25 May 2009

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  4. George Mackay Brown

    3/6 Owen Sheers visits the Orkneys to explore George Mackay Brown's poem Hamnavoe.

    First broadcast: 18 May 2009

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  5. Sylvia Plath

    2/6 Owen Sheers explores the story behind Sylvia Plath's poem Wuthering Heights.

    First broadcast: 11 May 2009

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  6. William Wordsworth

    1/6 Owen Sheers explores the story behind Wordsworth's Composed upon Westminster Bridge.

    First broadcast: 04 May 2009

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