bbc.co.uk
Home
Explore the BBC
This page has been archived and is no longer updated. Find out more about page archiving.
News image 3 Oct 2014News image
Click for a Text Only version of this page
News image
BBC HomepageNews image
BBC RadioNews image
News imageNews image
Home Truths - with John PeelBBC Radio 4

Radio 4

Home Truths
Listen Again
About John Peel

Help
Feedback
Like this page?
Mail it to a friend



Hometruths Archives
1: Previous stories from our listeners2: Previous stories from regular contributors >>


2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998

2002
January
April
July
October
February
May
August
November
March
June
September
December

March

The Hardest Moment
Picture this : a vegetarian sister, her husband and two children move in temporarily with a bachelor brother, a keen meat eater who loves fishing, ferreting and hunting for rabbits with his Harris Hawk...

Who? Me?
Diagnosed at the age of 19 with tunnel vision Roz has developed a keen sense of hearing. This has helped her perfect the art of 'people listening'. That's eavesdropping to you and me....

The Foundling
Keith Flemming had the shakiest of starts in life.....

Getting Through
Reporter Ray Kershaw talked to publican Julie Boocock and vicar Mark I'Anson who, in their different ways, kept their village going when the Foot and Mouth crisis hit...

Cake Wake
A year on from her divorce, Anne Barbour decided to put painful memories behind her with the help of a cake, a mallet and a flock of seagulls...

Estranged
As twin boys Eric and Derek were as close as boys could be - until they grew up....

Embarrassing Mum
Philippa Budgen reminds her mother Madeleine of her teenage mortification at her mother's mauve polka dot dress, the noisy Cortina and the smell of lambing...

Art Work
Denise Green has used her art to express her feelings about what happened to her son William at Alder Hey hospital.

Colonial Life
Clare Jenkins visits Captain Roy Abbott in India, and his cousin Meredith in Rotherham, to find out about his 'eccentric' colonial lifestyle...

More Tear away Toddlers
Claire Fellowes adds to toddler folklore with the tale of her boys James and Robert, the infamous piggy bank robbers...

Surprise!
Jo Stevens hated her surprise birthday party, until Elvis put in an unexpected appearance...

Two Times Two
Reporter Caroline Sarll visited Philip and Maggie Masson to hear about how they cope with five girls, including two sets of twins, and the loss of their son Rhys.

Short Changed
Michael Calwell told John about coming to terms with society's attitude to height.

Video Surprise
Mary Laws got quite a shock seeing herself on film....

Loved After All
Margot Marsh remembers her remote father...

Guardian Angel
Veronica had and unexpected guardian angel.....

Listen Again
Hear John Peel's Tribute Program

About the BBC | Help | Terms of Use | Privacy & Cookies Policy