Episodes
Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
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01 | 20150831 | Paul Theroux's account of his car journeys through America's southern states is timely, and abridged for radio by Katrin Williams: 1. He's in Tusacaloona, in a car park, thinking about going to church. In a vehicle beside him sits Lucille, all black silk and lacey sleeves - 'You lost, baby?' Her welcoming words are typical of the South.. Reader Henry Goodman Producer Duncan Minshull. In Tuscaloosa, map-gazing, Paul Theroux meets Lucille - 'You lost, baby?'. |
02 | 20150901 | Paul Theroux's account of his car journeys through America's southern states is timely, and abridged for radio by Katrin Williams: 2. In Greensboro he meets the impressive Rev. Eugene Lyles, aged 79, who has his own church, his own barber shop and runs the local diner on Main Street. So, time for a haircut, then some lunch.. Reader Henry Goodman Producer Duncan Minshull. In Greensboro, the author meets the Rev Eugene Lyles, who gives him a haircut. |
03 | 20150902 | Paul Theroux's account of his car journeys through America's southern states is timely, and abridged for radio by Katrin Williams: 3. The author stays at the 'Blue Shadows Bed and Breakfast' in Greensboro, and through its owner, Janet May, meets Randall Curb. And through Curb he will then encounter the legendary Mary Ward Brown, short story writer, aged 96. Reader Henry Goodman Producer Duncan Minshull. He meets Janet May of the Blue Shadows Bed and Breakfast, aka Miss Cotton Blossom 1949. |
04 | 20150903 | Paul Theroux's account of his car journeys across America's southern states is timely, and abridged for radio by Katrin Williams: 4. At Aiken's steeplechase event he meets well-healed locals, mainly horse people and cotton baron descendents. Then he visits a hovel, once inhabited by Melvin Johnson, who has stories to tell.. Reader Henry Goodman Producer Duncan Minshull. The author attends a lavish party in Aiken, then visits a deserted hovel in Allendale. |
05 LAST | 20150904 | Paul Theroux's account of his car journeys across America's southern states is timely, and abridged for radio by Katrin Williams: 5. He takes to the backroads of Georgia and Alabama, which smell of sun-heated tar. The fields are full of cotton and the big rivers beckon.. Reader Henry Goodman Producer Duncan Minshull. The author takes to the back roads of Georgia and Alabama, which smell of sun-heated tar. |