Main content

Leaving

Episode 1 of 3

Why leave home? Frances Stonor Saunders asks what happens when we decide, or are forced, to leave our home.

Why leave home? In the first of this three part series Frances Stonor Saunders, with Homer's The Odyssey as her guide, explores the twists and turns of our bordered lives and our bordered world. She asks what happens when we decide, or are forced, to leave our home. With Judith Kerr, Helen Sharman, Neal Ascherson, Edith Hall, and readings by Sam West.

Producer: Fiona Leach
Researcher: Ruth Edwards.

Available now

28 minutes

Last on

Thu 14 Apr 201620:00
BBC Radio 4

More episodes

Previous

You are at the first episode

Next

The Journey

See all episodes from Borders, An Odyssey

Clip

Broadcast

  • Thu 14 Apr 201620:00
    BBC Radio 4

Podcast

  • Borders, An Odyssey

    Frances Stonor Saunders, with Homer's Odyssey as her guide, explores our bordered lives.