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Episode 2
Episode 2 of 5
By Susan Maushart.
The day of the big switch - off has arrived - and the family contemplate a screen-free existence. Susan Maushart chooses this moment to research the history of boredom.
Reader: Haydn Gwynne
Producer: Clive Brill
A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4.
Last on
Wed 5 Jan 201100:30
BBC Radio 4 FM
Broadcasts
- Tue 4 Jan 201109:45BBC Radio 4 FM
- Wed 5 Jan 201100:30BBC Radio 4 FM
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