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June and Wayne - A Modern-Day Relationship

Fi Glover introduces a chat between a mother and her son-in-law which highlights the changing attitudes to gay relationships and civil partnerships.

Fi Glover introduces a conversation between a mother and her son-in-law which highlights the changing attitudes to gay relationships and civil partnerships.

The Listening Project is a Radio 4 initiative that offers a snapshot of contemporary Britain in which people across the UK volunteer to have a conversation with someone close to them about a subject they've never discussed intimately before. The conversations are being gathered across the UK by teams of producers from local and national radio stations who facilitate each encounter. Every conversation - they're not BBC interviews, and that's an important difference - lasts up to an hour, and is then edited to extract the key moment of connection between the participants. Most of the unedited conversations are being archived by the British Library and used to build up a collection of voices capturing a unique portrait of the UK in the second decade of the millennium. You can upload your own conversations or just learn more about The Listening Project by visiting bbc.co.uk/listeningproject

Producer: Marya Burgess.

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5 minutes

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  • Fri 15 Aug 201423:55
  • Sun 6 Aug 201710:10
  • Sun 6 Aug 201721:10

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Animated conversations

Listening project conversations brought to life by talented young animators.

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Broadcast across Radio 4 and on local radio stations across the UK and Northern Ireland.

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