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Lynne Truss reads from her account of the four years she spent as a sports reporter.

By the autumn of 2000, Lynne has been covering sport for four years, but a combination of events leads her to ask a very simple question - just how important is sport?

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4.

15 minutes

Last on

Fri 9 Aug 201314:45

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  • Fri 9 Oct 200909:45
  • Sat 10 Oct 200900:30
  • Fri 9 Aug 201314:45

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