Episodes
Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
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01 | Beginnings | 20070326 | Lemn 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 |
02 | Memories | 20070327 | Lemn 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 |
03 | Alone | 20070328 | Lemn talks to the people who catch and dispatch the trains. Poet Lemn Sissay retraces the route taken by WH Auden's mail train |
04 | Love | 20070329 | The 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 |
05 | Endings | 20070330 | Lemn'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 |