Sunday Feature: Rs Thomas - Always Seeking Greater Silence

Welsh writer Jon Gower explores RS Thomas's life and work through the prism of birdwatching, in a programme marking the centenary of the poet's birth. Once a friend of the poet, Jon weaves together some of the recordings he made with Thomas, with contributions from those who knew the poet and take inspiration from his work. Including Rowan Williams, who describes his fascination the poet's work, poet Gwyneth Lewis on the influence Thomas had on her own work, biographer Byron Rogers, who recalls a man of many paradoxes, Andrew Motion explores his bird poems A Blackbird Singing and The Message, and poet Menna Elfyn recalling the memorial service for Thomas at Portmeirion