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The vox vault

A selection of vox pops - and vox pop techniques put to very clever use in an award-winning feature. Click on the titles to start each vox pop.

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Ian Peacock- text only version

Knoxville- text only version

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.

 

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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...
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Gay icons (0:41)
What makes a gay icon? These days, it takes more than Judy Garland and a dog called Toto...
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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.
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What are you thinking about? (1:32)
A simple enough vox idea - stop passers-by and ask them what's in their mind.
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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.
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web linkWeblink: Barber's setting of Knoxville


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