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The Channel

Series examining how the English Channel has affected British identity through time.

Radio 4 Extra,5 episodes

Episodes

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Series 1
5. Making the Crossing
From the Beaujolais Run to the building of the Tunnel, a journalist's tales.
30 Mar 2018,15 mins
Series 1
4. The Shared Sea
The fluid frontier. Where in the Channel does England end and France begins?
29 Mar 2018,15 mins
Series 1
3. Cross-Channel Journal
Memories of crossing the Channel in childhood, and how the means have changed over time.
28 Mar 2018,15 mins
Series 1
2. Literary Passages
From Dickens to Barnes, Professor Dominic Rainsford explores the literature of the Channel
27 Mar 2018,15 mins
Series 1
1. From Landscape to Seascape
The view from the famous White Cliffs through millennia.
26 Mar 2018,15 mins