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Is it possible to capture a tiger in a poem? The poet laureate, Simon Armitage, has written a lot about animals in the past, but always at a distance. He wants that to change - to feel that he has captured the spirit of an animal, and done it justice in a brand new poem. In this episode Simon measures William's Blake's poem 'The Tyger' against the real thing, and asks whether it's true that if a big cat could speak, we still wouldn't understand anything it could say. Contributors: Daniel Simmonds from ZSL London Zoo Pascale Petit - poetry collections include 'Tiger Girl' and 'Beast' (forthcoming) Crispin and Zac - Sumatran tigers at ZSL London Zoo Rupert Read - philosopher and author of 'Why Climate Breakdown Matters' Voices heard in programme reading lines from William Blake's 'The Tyger': John Nettles Angela Thorne Sir Michael Tippett Produced by Faith Lawrence Mixed by Sue Stonestreet