A discussion between members of an invited audience, including
ROBERT CONQUEST, KEVIN CROSSLEY -HOLLAND, A. E. DYSON , JOHN GROSS. FREDERICK GRUBB , EDWARD LUCIE-SMITH, CHRISTOPHER Ricks , and GEORGE WIGHTMAN with PHILIP HOBSBAUM in the chair
The discussion will arise from a reading of these poems:
Thistles by Ted Hughes
The Stronghold by Peter Redgrove Moss by Jon Silkin
Blackberry-Picking by Seamus Heaney Grass by Ken Smith
Breakwaters by Ted Walker
The poems are read by HARVEY HALL but not all of them will necessarily be heard while the programme is on the air