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Radio 4,19 Jul 2016,28 mins

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Brett Westwood investigates the biology and culture of the Fox - a creature long believed to be the devil in disguise. With poetry by Ted Hughes and Simon Armitage, the rollocking medieval bestseller Reynard the Fox, a fox seduction in an abandoned ruin, and a stakeout in a Bristol back garden with urban fox expert Professor Stephen Harris. First broadcast in a longer form on 19th July 2016 Original Producer (2016): Melvin Rickarby Archive Producer (2023) : Andrew Dawes

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