The Atlantic Ocean

Five episodes. First broadcast from 20080721 to 20080725.

Series of essays by Andrew O'Hagan, read and abridged by the author.

 
 
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01The Atlantic Ocean 20080721A personal and sometimes polemical look at the relationship between Britain and America.
02Saint Marilyn 20080722Marilyn Monroe was nothing if not a sacrifice to the potency of her own mythology.
03On Hating Football 20080723Andrew describes the exact moment when he decided to hate football for life.
04England And The Beatles20080724The Fab Four came to represent the thrill of rock music as a high form of dreaming in the present tense of history.
05 LASTThe Glasgow Sludge Boat 20080725Andrew takes a trip on one of the Clyde's last cargo vessels.