Alone - Five Perspectives On Solitude

Episode

Title

First
Broadcast

Repeated

Comments

Tori Murden

19990524

20000529

Last year Tori Murden attempted to row solo across the Atlantic. It nearly cost her her life.

Sister Anna

19990525

20000530

Twenty years ago, Sister Anna left her religious community to live as a hermit on the remote coast of North Wales.

She reflects on how being alone has brought her closer to God and allowed her to come to terms with painful childhood memories of Nazi Austria.

Geoff Smith

19990526

20000531

Last year he attempted to set a new world record for being buried alive when he was incarcerated for five months in a box.

Kathryn Thornton

19990527

20000601

No woman has spent more time space walking than shuttle astronaut Kathy Thornton. You cannot get much closer to being utterly alone than floating free in space.

05 LAST

John Schlapobersky

19990528

20000602

In May 1968, South African student John Schlapobersky was called out of a lecture.

He never returned.

He was arrested, tortured and put in solitary confinement.

Episodes

Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Repeated	Comments
01	Tori Murden	19990524	20000529	Last year Tori Murden attempted to row solo across the Atlantic. It nearly cost her her life.
02	Sister Anna	19990525	20000530	Twenty years ago, Sister Anna left her religious community to live as a hermit on the remote coast of North Wales. She reflects on how being alone has brought her closer to God and allowed her to come to terms with painful childhood memories of Nazi Austria.
03	Geoff Smith	19990526	20000531	Last year he attempted to set a new world record for being buried alive when he was incarcerated for five months in a box.
04	Kathryn Thornton	19990527	20000601	No woman has spent more time space walking than shuttle astronaut Kathy Thornton. You cannot get much closer to being utterly alone than floating free in space.
05 LAST	John Schlapobersky	19990528	20000602	In May 1968, South African student John Schlapobersky was called out of a lecture. He never returned. He was arrested, tortured and put in solitary confinement.