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Wake Up to Summer
Alistair Cooke reflects on how people switch their political interests from the national to the local and the talents of the mocking bird.
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Fri 22 Jun 200121:00
BBC Radio 4
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- Fri 22 Jun 200121:00BBC Radio 4
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