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31 January 2009
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Spider web
Harriet is a scorpion. Jose is a tarantula. One of their closest friends is Jan Beccaloni, Curator of Arachnids at the Natural History Museum.

Plus a guerrilla report in praise of urban living, the inheritance tracks of crooner and songwriter Paul Anka, poetry from Kate Fox and award-winning novelist Louis De Bernieres is Clare's studio guest.
Clare Balding is this week's guest presenter.
Louis De BernieresMandolin-toting novelist Louis De Bernieres is this week's studio guest.
Saturday Live Guerilla Reporter Jo CheekJo Cheek traded life in a picturesque market town for urban living in Walthamstow, east London and hasn't looked back.
River DeeBill Bleasdale's brother drowned in the River Dee when Bill was 4. We examine how memory suppresses our most painful experiences.
House spiderJan Beccaloni is Curator of Arachnids at the Natural History Museum. Her husband is Curator of Cockroaches.
Some of Jan's favourite eight-legged creatures join her in the studio.
Natural History Museum: Insects and Spiders
Paul Anka60s teen idol Paul Anka chose two Frank Sinatra songs - "I've Got You Under My Skin" and his own "My Way".
Kate FoxKate Fox is a poet, comedian and performance and writing facilitator based in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Read Kate's poems.
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