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 Listen to Excess Baggage for10am 6 August 2005
Hiroshima
On the 60th anniversary of one of the most notorious bombings in history. Sandi is discussing the legacy of that event on the vibrant modern Japanese city of Hiroshima.
10am 6 August 2005
Presented by Sandi Toksvig
This week's guests:
Hiroko Kawanami
Hiroko is an anthropology lecturer in religious studies at Lancaster University. Hiroko visited Hiroshima just over 3 years ago.
Stephen Walker
Stephen read modern history at Oxford and went on to receive a master's at Harvard. He has directed over twenty documentary films for the BBC and Channel Four, including Prisoners in Time, starring John Hurt. His films have won numerous awards including an Emmy, a BAFTA and Europe's most prestigious television prize, the Rose D'Or at Montreux.
Stephen wrote 'Shockwave: The Countdown to Hiroshima' published by John Murray, ISBN 0719566258, which accompanies the film.
Hugh Thomson
Hugh read English at Cambridge University and worked briefly as a lecturer at Bristol University before becoming a film-maker. His films for television include the BBC's Great Journeys series about Cortez's invasion of Mexico and a series on India presented by William Dalrymple.
Hugh's book: ' Nanda Devi: A Journey to the last sanctuary', published by Phoenix, ISBN 0753818477
Nanda Devi is a mountain in India on the border with Tibet. It is the highest mountain in India and historically therefore once held the title of being the highest point in the British empire. For Indians Nanda Devi is a very sacred place. Nanda Devi is the wife of Shiva, and Hugh says he was very conscious that this is the heartland of the hindu gods.
Further information:
BBC History Hiroshima
Next week:
Sandi will be in quest of the worlds missing settlements.
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