Episodes
Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
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01 | The Fearful Void | 20020624 | Andrew Hilton reads from Geoffrey Moorhouse's book about his attempt to cross the Sahara from the Atlantic to the Nile in 1972. |
01 | The Fearful Void | 20020624 | Andrew Hilton reads from Geoffrey Moorhouse's book about his attempt to cross the Sahara from the Atlantic to the Nile in 1972. |
02 | Travels In West Africa | 20020625 | Zoe Aldrich reads from Mary Kingsley's memoir about her expedition to the west coast of Africa. |
02 | Travels In West Africa | 20020625 | Zoe Aldrich reads from Mary Kingsley's memoir about her expedition to the west coast of Africa. |
03 | From The Land Of Green Ghosts | 20020626 | Pascal Khoo Thwe's flight through the jungle to escape arrest for his part in Burma's student resistance movement. |
04 | The Big Smoke | 20020627 | Bonnie Hurran reads an extract from Emily Hahn's startling 1930s account of opium addiction in Shanghai. |
04 | The Big Smoke | 20020627 | Bonnie Hurran reads an extract from Emily Hahn's startling 1930s account of opium addiction in Shanghai. |
05 LAST | Touching The Void | 20020628 | Paul Mohan reads from Joe Simpson's account of the accident on a Peruvian mountainside that brought him face to face with death. |
05 LAST | Touching The Void | 20020628 | Paul Mohan reads from Joe Simpson's account of the accident on a Peruvian mountainside that brought him face to face with death. |