' This charming series gets to the heart of its subject through the inspiring landscape. '
The Guardian

' Owen Sheers has made a great job of making poetry interesting. '
The Sunday Times

Acclaimed poet and author Owen Sheers presents this enlightening series in which he looks at six great works of poetry about the British landscape. The poems by William Wordsworth; Matthew Arnold; Lynette Roberts; Sylvia Plath; Louis MacNeice and George Mackay Brown explore a sense of place and identity across Britain's most remarkable settings: Westminster Bridge; Dover Beach; a tiny Welsh village; a Yorkshire wooded valley; the Scottish isles; and open the doors to captivating stories about the lives of the poets themselves.

William Wordsworth - Composed Upon Westminster Bridge
Matthew Arnold - Dover Beach
Louis MacNeice Woods
Lynette Roberts - Poem from Llanybri
Sylvia Plath - Hardcastle Crags
George Mackay Brown Hamnavoe

Written and presented by: OWEN SHEERS
Readings by: MICHAEL MALONEY; GINA McKEE; KATHRYN DIMERY and BRIAN COWAN

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