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Radio 4,30 Jan 2018,15 mins

SeriesSeries 1

Soup and Laverbread

Will Self's Great British Bus Journey

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Will Self continues his tour of urban Britain travelling only by coach and bus, assessing British identity at a time of flux. It's a late night for Will as he speaks to some of Plymouth's homeless people who are gathering to make use of a mobile soup kitchen. After just a few hours sleep, he boards the 5am coach bound for Swansea, where he samples a local delicacy and examines the state of Welsh identity. Producer: Laurence Grissell. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2018.

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