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Dermot O'Leary on Swifts and Swallows
Presenter Dermot O'Leary remembers driving home to visit his family and seeing soaring swifts and swallows bobbing along in front of his car.
Presenter Dermot O'Leary relishes the effortless soaring of swifts and remembers the joy of the independence of his first car and the feeling of taking country roads home to visit his family and seeing swallows bobbing along in front of him on the lanes.
Producer: Tom Bonnett
Photo: Phill Luckhurst.
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Wed 3 May 202305:58
BBC Radio 4
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- Thu 16 Nov 201705:58BBC Radio 4
- Tue 14 May 201905:58BBC Radio 4
- Mon 24 May 202105:58BBC Radio 4
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