Synopsis
A film profile of Belfast poet Michael Longley, offering insights into his work, friendships, working process, the places that have inspired him and his relationship with the natural world.
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Viewpoint | Door into the Dark
Seamus Heaney talks about and reads poems at various locations in the West of Ireland.
Ulster in Focus | A Christmas Garland
Seamus Heaney reflects on the different ways of celebrating Christmas. Joined by local children at the Ulster Folk Museum in Northern Ireland, he enjoys a Christmas dance and hymn. Children from Lisnasharragh, Orangefield and Saint Augustin's secondary schools perform a rhyming mummers' play. Saint Patrick enters first, followed by Beelzebub and Saint George.