Award-winning
reporter Ian Peacock is a regular voice on Radio 4,
having appeared on everything from Today to Home
Truths. He lives in Oxford and has a cat called
Bollinger.
Boasting(3:53)
When you ask the British to boast, you might not
expect to get them to say much. In this vox, Ian
meets some shrinking wallflowers and some shameless
braggers... Click
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Nosiness
(2:37)
It helps to be nosey if you want to succeed in
investigative journalism. Ian sticks his nose
into other people's business and finds out just
what people think about nosey neighbours. Click
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Alan
Hall specialises in feature-making and new music programming.
His broadcast output includes programmes for
Radios 3, 4 and 5, including Music in our Time and the
Proms. He won the Prix Italia for Knoxville: Summer
of 1995.
Knoxville:
Summer of 1995(3:10)
James Agee's poem Knoxville: Summer of 1915
was set to music by Samuel Barber. It depicts
a summer evening in a back yard in Tennessee,
as seen through the eyes of a small child. In
this vox, Alan records Knoxville locals reading
Agee out loud, mixed with the sounds of downtown
Knoxville and Barber. Click
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