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01Beginnings20070326Lemn leaves London at the same time Auden's Down Special mail train would have departed.

Poet Lemn Sissay retraces the route taken by WH Auden's mail train

02Memories20070327Lemn meets a man who spent 30 years working on the travelling post offices.

Poet Lemn Sissay retraces the route taken by WH Auden's mail train

03Alone20070328Lemn talks to the people who catch and dispatch the trains.

Poet Lemn Sissay retraces the route taken by WH Auden's mail train

04Love20070329The train picks up mail at the station used as the backdrop for the film Brief Encounter.

Poet Lemn Sissay retraces the route taken by WH Auden's mail train

05Endings20070330Lemn's journey is complete, but will a dawn arrival at Glasgow help him finish his poem?

Poet Lemn Sissay retraces the route taken by WH Auden's mail train