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A Poet's Guide to Britain
Poet and author Owen Sheers presents a series in which he explores six great works of poetry set in the British landscape.
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A Poet's Guide to Britain
Owen Sheers visits the Orkneys to explore George Mackay Brown's poem Hamnavoe.
May 2009
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A Poet's Guide to Britain
Owen Sheers heads into the trees to explore Louis MacNeice's poem Woods.
Jun 2009
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A Poet's Guide to Britain
Owen Sheers visits a Welsh village to explore Lynette Roberts's Poem from Llanybri.
Jun 2009
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A Poet's Guide to Britain
Owen Sheers visits Oxford to explore Matthew Arnold's bleak poem Dover Beach.
May 2009
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A Poet's Guide to Britain
Owen Sheers explores the story behind Sylvia Plath's poem Wuthering Heights.
May 2009
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A Poet's Guide to Britain
Owen Sheers explores the story behind Wordsworth's Composed upon Westminster Bridge.
May 2009