Episode 2
What I Don't Know About Animals. Jenny Diski uses her own life as a framework to offer an entertaining and rigorous examination of our relationship to the animal world.
Written by Jenny Diski. Can we ever really hope to communicate with non-human animals? And what on earth would we discuss? French philosopher Jacques Derrida and fictional character Dr Dolittle are both roped into the debate.
Read by Lesley Manville
Abridged and Produced by Jill Waters
A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4.
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- Tue 16 Nov 201009:45BBC Radio 4 FM
- Wed 17 Nov 201000:30BBC Radio 4
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