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Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:1955, From Our Own Correspondent has been one of BBC Radio 4's flagship programs. Every week correspondents from around the world report on stories behind the headlines. After the huge success of From Our Own Correspondent, this new companion volume brings more exhilarating dispatches to armchair travellers everywhere. These dispatches take the reader to the four corners of the earth, from a Maoist wedding to the most dangerous road in the world. Follow the last hitch-hiker in northern France, discover the buffalo mounted police in Brazil, celebrate a home birth in Hungary and get absorbed by saffron in Kashmir. From the boy who lived in a tire to the British troops in Iraq, meet the real people behind the news on this breathtaking journey through the world we live in. Some of Britain's most celebrated reporters get the opportunity to describe much more than would normally come into a news story: their stories offer a context and a unique insight into history as it unfolds. They have a unique perspective - sometimes transmitted live to the sound of gunfire - and offer an important background to world events. Synopsis:"The sheer excellence of its reporting is unwavering."--Financial Times Each week, the BBC's flagship programme From Our Own Correspondent reaches over 100 million people through the radio and internet. Collected here are 94 of its most notable dispatches: Misha Glenny tells a story of love and death set in Davos while John Simpson reports on the event which reminded him that human life is priceless. Also included is Alan Johnston's moving piece about his kidnap in Gaza. Mark Tully returns to celebrate India's sixtieth birthday and Allan Little takes to the skies in the world's worst airlines. A president steps in when Damian Grammaticas is robbed in the Caucasus while Alastair Leithead joins a doctor from Sussex on a mission in distant Afghanistan. Surprising, thought-provoking and often humorous, these pieces offer a unique chances to explore strange and remote corners of the world without leaving home. Synopsis:Since 1955, From Our Own Correspondent has been one of BBC Radio 4's flagship programs. Synopsis:Since 1955, From Our Own Correspondenthas been one of BBC Radio 4's flagship programs. Every week correspondents from around the world report on stories behind the headlines. After the huge success of From Our Own Correspondent, this new companion volume brings more exhilarating dispatches to armchair travelers everywhere. Here, some of Britain's most celebrated reporters describe much more than would normally come into a news story; their stories offer a context and a unique insight into history as it unfolds. They have a unique perspective-sometimes transmitted live to the sound of gunfire-and offer an important background to the world. About the AuthorTony Grant joined the BBC after working in commercial radio and on newspapers in Merseyside. At the BBC he was at Radio 1's Newsbeat before becoming a foreign news editor and then, in 1992, the producer of From Our Own Correspondent. A keen cricketer, he is married to a political correspondent. They have two children. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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