Introduced from Glasgow by Mary Marquis
Douglas Dunn achieved popularity with his collection of poetry about the city of Hull, where he worked in the university library. He talks to Mary Marquis about his latest work which has won him the Whitbread prize.
The Border town of Dumfries celebrates its 800th birthday this year with festivities invoking the memories of Robert Burns and Robert the Bruce. Ian McConnell reports. Producer Colin Caley BBC Scotland
Serial: Blue Remembered Hills by Rosemary Sutcliff abridged in seven episodes by Pat McLoughlin; Read by Elizabeth Spriggs (7) (Music: MacDowell's "To a Wild Rose")