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1. Heading West

Episode 1 of 3

Laura Barton takes to the open road for an audio adventure across the USA. Using the BBC archives to travel from the bright lights of New York to the pacific breeze of California.

Writer Laura Barton takes to the road for an audio adventure across the United States of America - from New York to California.

In the first of three episodes, her selection from the BBC archives includes:

* ‘Travel Talk: How The World Lives’ – New York [1947]

* ‘Free Spirit’ by Jonathan Raban [1991]

* American Airwaves’ [1984]

* ‘Sam Shepard at the Battersea Arts Centre: Cruising Paradise’ [1998]

* ‘The Green Book’ extract [2016]

Producer: Luke Doran

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in October 2018.

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Sun 6 Jul 202505:00
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