Poet and author Owen Sheers explores six great works of poetry set in the British landscape. George Mackay Brown, who died in 1996, was the poetic voice of the Orkneys and one of the foremost Scottish poets of the 20th century. Sheers travels to Stromness, Mackay Brown's home and the backdrop for much of his work including his great poem Hamnavoe. He uses the poem as a tour guide to Mackay Brown's Orkney life and work, exploring the narrow streets where George was born and wrote his first poems.