20/07/2012
Mel meets a highwire walker, a parachute jumper and some American tourists shopping for cashmere sweaters. Plus, walking in the Gambia and the final part of Skyhawk.
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Kate Klip
In our final Kate Klip of the week, television presenter Kate Humble, who's reading our story, talks about her love of birds.
Duration: 02:45
The high wire walker
The life of a high wire walker. Don't listen if you're afraid of heights...
Duration: 06:00
Scotland the Tour
The final leg of our bus tour through the Highlands. Today Siobhan Synnott and friends go shopping for presents to take home.
Duration: 04:25
Freewheeling
Memories of the joy of freewheeling down hills as a kid on a bicycle
Duration: 02:45
Walking in the Gambia
Photojournalists Jason and Helen on their trek up and down the river Gambia in Africa.
Duration: 03:40
Loch Garten ospreys
Our second visit of the week to the Osprey Conservation site at Loch Garten with our two budding reporters, Alex and Alexandra.
Duration: 03:50
Parachute jump
The sound of a very scared woman doing a parachute jump. Reporter Liz Cooke recorded herself and it's... it's stomach-churning!
Duration: 06:55
Lesley's on the bike
The final leg of Lesley Riddoch's mammoth cycle up the Western Isles of Scotland. Today she gets to freewheel down the highest hill on her route.
Duration: 02:15
Mel's Magical Mystery Tour
All is revealed: we're going to a notorious island in the middle of San Francisco bay. But what's it called...?
Duration: 06:35
Skyhawk Episode 5
Television presenter Kate Humble reads the final part of our story, Skyhawk, by Gill Lewis. And it's a joyful, tearful, thrilling finale.
Duration: 13:25
Broadcast
- Fri 20 Jul 201216:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
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