Khrushchev once said that if the Russians had shot six prominent writers there would have been no Hungarian revolt. These six programmes. introduced by John Har riott, show how writers have responded to harsh treatment and imprisonment by governments who fear the power of the pen 3: Faiz Ahmad Falz. the people's poet of Pakistan, who was imprisoned in the 50s and now lives in self-imposed exile.
' don't know a worthwhile poet without a .social message.'
Reader Tariq Yunls Research SUE HARRIS
Producer SHIRLEY DU BOULAY