Friday 4 January 2019

Sounds Natural - Peter Cushing

SOUNDS NATURAL - PETER CUSHING (320kbs-m4a/70mb/30mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 5th December 2018

Award-winning actor Peter Cushing takes a break from making horror films to discuss his enthusiasm for the British countryside and its wildlife - aided by recordings from the BBC Sound Archive.

Peter tells Derek Jones how he used to spend hours with his late wife Helen watching wild birds from their home on the estuary at Whitstable in Kent.

Peter Cushing, OBE: born 1913 - died 1994.

Producer: John Burton.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1972.

Wednesday 2 January 2019

Chris Packham's Tweet Of The Week

CHRIS PACKHAM'S TWEET OF THE WEEK (320kbs-m4a/33mb/14mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 17th June 2018

Long-time Tweet supporter and stalwart Chris Packham returns to don his binoculars and guide us through his own personal perch in Tweet of the Day.

This omnibus edition contains the following repeated episodes;

Blue Tit - presented by Chris Packham
Blackbird - presented by Chris Packham
Grey Wagtail - presented by Chris Packham
Coot - presented by Chris Packham
Water Rail - presented by Chris Packham