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24 September 2014
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A Sense of Place on-air!
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Interviewing at Salisbury Cathedral

BBC Wiltshire Sound is broadcasting a series of six half-hour programmes under the banner of A Sense of Place.

Find out here when the programmes are being transmitted.

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A Sense of Place
National Website

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Try your hand at our interactive Sense of Place County Quiz - no prizes: it is just for fun!


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Audio Trailers

Trailer One
Trailer Two
Trailer Three

Watch the Sense of Place TV programme here.

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+ A Sense of Place was first broadcast on BBC Wiltshire Sound in May/June 2002.

+ Each programme was transmitted each Sunday from April 28th, at 12 noon.

+ BBC Wiltshire Sound broadcasts on 103 to 105FM

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Tell us what you think!

A chance to share your thoughts on each programme by emailing the series' producer, James Harrison

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Sunday 28th April 12 noon
As Different As Chalk and Cheese
The saying "…as different as chalk and cheese" is said to herald from Wiltshire. This programme explores the county's varied landscape.

Listen to the programme here
Picture of Eric Stanford and the Devizes Millennium Cross

Sunday 5th May 12 noon
Making Sense of Place
Take four artists and a philosopher and hear them describe how they make sense of a place with their unique ability to observe and interpret.

Listen to the programme here

Picture of old farm at Imber

Sunday 12th May 12 noon
Seven Miles From Any Town
The memory of a ghost village combines with a modern day perspective on village life in the 21st century.

Listen to the programme here

Picture of Stonehenge in the mist
Sunday 19th May 12 noon
All My Life A Circle
This programme meets up with people who live with Wiltshire's circles, including those who've become absorbed by Wiltshire’s crop circles.

Listen to the programme here
Picture of back alley in The Railway Village, Swindon

Sunday 26th May 12 noon
I've Got You Under My Skin

People who have come to Wiltshire for all manner of reasons talk about their sense of place from an outsider’s point of view.

Listen to the programme here

Picture of stained glass window at Salisbury Cathedral
Sunday 2nd June 12 noon
Finally Brought To Your Senses
How can you have a sense of place when one or more of your senses is denied you? Blind since birth, Rob Powell visits Salisbury Cathedral to find out.

Listen to the programme here

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Wiltshire sound
103 to 105FM

In Village Life »
A painting a day...

Garden is wild for wildlife!

Wiltshire cheeses head for British Cheese Awards
Alison Edmond's artistic journal

In Connections »
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In Theatre & Arts »
Ask Mike Reid a question

Patrick Moore lecture

Salisbury Playhouse Gallery exhibition
Mike Reid
A Sense of Place
Castle CombeWhy not send a friend or relative a BBC Wiltshire E-Postcard.Take your pick from landmarks around the county such as Stonehenge, Avebury and Castle Combe.





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