A Poet’s Guide to Britain | 1: William Wordsworth

A Poet's Guide to Britain | 1: William Wordsworth

Owen Sheers explores six great works of poetry set in the British landscape. This episode features Composed upon Westminste...

A Poet's Guide to Britain | 2: Sylvia Plath

Owen Sheers explores six works of poetry set in the British landscape. He looks at Sylvia Plath's Wuthering Heights, inspired by ...

A Poet's Guide to Britain | 3: George Mackay Brown

Owen Sheers explores poetry set in the British landscape. He looks at George Mackay Brown's Hamnavoe and visits his home t...

A Poet's Guide to Britain | 4: Matthew Arnold

Owen Sheers explores poetry set in the British landscape. He tells the story behind Matthew Arnold's bleak but tremendous poem ...

A Poet's Guide to Britain | 5: Lynette Roberts

Owen Sheers explores poetry set in the British landscape. He visits the Welsh village of Llanybri to discover the story behind...

A Poet's Guide to Britain | 6: Louis MacNeice

Owen Sheers explores poetry set in the British landscape. He looks at Louis MacNeice's poem Woods, in which the middle-aged Mac...