Slow Rise: A Bread-Making Adventure by Robert Penn (Omnibus)

Journalist Robert Penn’s account of his search for the perfect bread made from ancient wheat grains.

It's a quest which takes him to several countries around the world, including Egypt, Turkey and America, before he returns home to grow his own wheat in the Black Mountains in Wales.

Can he learn to plant, harvest, thresh and bake enough sourdough bread to feed his family for a year?

Will they give him the thumbs-up for the perfect loaf?

Omnibus of five parts abridged by Anna Magnusson.

Read by Adrian Scarborough.

Producer: Bruce Young

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2021.