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Peace and Quiet
A collection of programmes about getting away from it all.
Shhhhhhh—Archive on 4
Lucy Powell offers a quiet celebration of the rich and various virtues of silence.
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Welcome to the Quiet Zone
Emile Holba explores the National Quiet Zone, 13,000 square miles of radio silence.
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The Quietest New Year On Earth
Imagine an entire country staying silent for 24 hours - listen to Bali on New Year's Day.
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Hush—Short Cuts, Series 4
Tales of keeping quiet, being lost for words and struggling to raise your voice.
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Thoreau and the American Idyll—In Our Time
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosopher and naturalist Henry David Thoreau.
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The Philosophy of Solitude—In Our Time
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the philosophy of solitude.
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