Writer and performance poet Emma Purshouse explores The Black Country and its poetry to discover why contemporary writers in the region are still using dialect in their work. Show more

BAFTA Award-winning actor and poetry fan Rakie Ayola discovers how dialect has evolved into poetry in South Wales where she grew up. Show more

Poet and novelist Katie Hale explores the legacy of early dialect poets in her native county of Cumbria, to discover if dialect poetry is a way of expressing local identity. Show more

Actor and writer Catherine Harvey returns to her family roots in the Isle of Man to explore Manx dialect and language speakers whose words are influenced by the Celts and Norsemen. Show more

Academic Katie Edwards examines the roots and prevalence of dialect poetry in her native Yorkshire. She discovers numerous humorous poems about place and identity. Show more

Writer James Walker explores the poetry of the pits in the English East Midlands. He unearths the dialect verse penned underground over decades of mining in Nottinghamshire. Show more

Children's author Kirsty McKay discusses dialect poetry in Northumberland. She explores the history, hearing old tapes recorded by her late father, and examines its future. Show more

In the first programme of this third series, actor and writer Catherine Harvey soaks up the poetry at the annual Dialect Festival held in Blackpool. Show more

Alan Mumby, Chairman of Far Welter’d, the East Lincolnshire Dialect Society, explores poetry with dialect at its core written and spoken in his native county. Show more

Academic Jason Griffiths examines the long literary legacy of his native Forest of Dean and reveals a rich seam of dialect poetry. Show more

Actor and writer Catherine Harvey explores the poetry and language of Northern Ireland, asking how the way people speak and write is connected to the place itself. Show more

Writer and performer Shane Strachan discovers how the North East Scots dialect of Doric is not just surviving but thriving. Show more

Cornish born and bred actor Stacey Guthrie explores dialect and dialect poetry across Cornwall. Show more

Writer and actor Catherine Harvey visits Liverpool to soak up the poetry and dialect found on Merseyside. Show more

Poet Maggie Sawkins, winner of the Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry, explores the language, dialect and poetry of her native Portsmouth. Show more

Playwright, poet and comedian Gill Adams explores dialect and poetry in her native Hull, the East Yorkshire city with a long association with fishing, ships and the sea. Show more

Actor and writer Catherine Harvey returns to her roots in north west England to see if the dialect poetry of the cotton mills of 19th-century Lancashire is still alive today. Show more