Postcards

16/05/2017 28 min

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Episode Synopsis

Josie Long presents stories of messages sent across borders. Unsent postcards, a last message and the journey for home.An old handwritten note, in pursuit of a woman who ran away, leads to a town submerged in water; the writer Laura Barton discovers a tranche of muted, unsent missives in a storage box; and we hear the voices of those who are far from home.Dear Martha
Produced by Rikke HoudEnvision Yourself a Free Man
First made as part of the Restorative Radio project
http://www.restorativeradio.org/audio-postcards-2/
Produced by Sylvia RyersonA Very Different Time
Produced by Phil SmithUnsent
Featuring Laura BartonSeries Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

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