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Radio 4,25 Aug 2024,42 mins

Rachel Parris

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This week, you'd be excused thinking that all you hear is radio ga ga, but one programme in particular looked at how babies develop language, all sparked off by a viral video with a mother and her incredibly Liverpudlian baby. Plus, we learn how the earliest seeds of the incredibly messy Valencian festival La Tomatina were planted from a first-hand account of one of the boys from the original sauced-up scrap in 1945. Speaking of planting - if cleanliness is next to godliness, what does that make gardening? Giles Fraser finds himself and some green-thumbed guests in a rooftop garden at the Aga Khan Centre in Kings Cross asking just that. Presenter: Rachel Parris Producer: John Offord Production Co-ordinator: Jack Ferrie A BBC Audio Northern Ireland production for BBC Radio 4

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