Episode 2
Stuart Milligan reads from Paul Theroux's account of a journey from London to East Asia. From Georgia, Paul moves on to Azerbaijan, stops in Baku and continues to Turkmenistan.
Stuart Milligan reads from Paul Theroux's account of a journey in which he retraces his own steps and follows in the tracks of his classic 1973 travel book The Great Railway Bazaar
From Georgia, Paul boards a train bound for Azerbaijan and alights in boomtown Baku, just in time for a national holiday to celebrate the first day of spring. Moving on to Turkmenistan, he witnesses at first hand the legacy of Saparmyrat Niyasov's repressive and eccentric dictatorship.
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- Tue 2 Sep 200809:45BBC Radio 4 FM
- Wed 3 Sep 200800:30BBC Radio 4
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