For poets

Poet Don Paterson and Radio 3 presenter Ian McMillan introduce the winning entries in this year’s Proms Poetry competition, in association with the Poetry Society. Actress Samantha Bond will read the winning poems.

Andrew Motion, former Poet Laureate, and poet Paul Farley discuss one of the most influential of the Thirties Poets, Louis MacNeice, who worked with Benjamin Britten during his time as a BBC producer.

Matthew Sweet considers the ways in which film composers have risen to the challenge of capturing the sound of dark matter and distant planets.