Synopsis
Owen Sheers explores poetry set in the British landscape. He looks at George Mackay Brown's Hamnavoe and visits his home town of Stromness in the Orkneys.
Andrina
Captain Torvald is a retired sea captain living alone in a remote cottage in Orkney. He is befriended by Andrina, who over and over again asks for a love story from his past, which he refuses to tell her. When he finally does, the consequences are by no means what he expected.
Gods and Monsters: Homer's Odyssey | 08: Arriving home to Ithaca
The end of Odysseus' journey, focusing on his reunion with his wife Penelope and revenge on her suitors.