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Radio 4,12 Jan 2025,42 mins

Elizabeth Alker

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Elizabeth is taking her listening one step at a time, following the grandmotherly advice given on Woman's Hour this week. That doesn't stop us in journeying all the way to the Harpa concert hall in Reykjavik to hear beautiful live piano, or getting a poetic tour around Scotland with some haiku performed in Doric. We get close to the action alongside a team of paramedics as they take to the skies of the Home Counties in order to save lives. And an alternative history of karaoke emerges from the town of Stockport - Geoff Lloyd grabs the mic and tracks down a self-proclaimed inventor of the sing-a-long machine. Make sure it's in the right key though, Geoff! Presenter: Elizabeth Alker Producer: Anthony McKee Production Co-ordinator: Jack Ferrie A BBC Audio Northern Ireland production for BBC Radio 4.

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