Summary
A wait of 33 years between a marriage proposal and a response, a skittish piano tries to avoid the stage and a young boy looks out to sea waiting for his father. Josie Long presents short documentaries and works of sound art about waiting, yearning and anxiously anticipating.
Skittish Piano Produced by Eleanor McDowall
Isabel and Alf Featuring Isabel Bader Produced by Kalli Anderson Thank you to Isabel Bader, Ruth Clarke and Olivia Richardson.
The Voice of the Sea Feat.uring Abel Coentrão Produced by Rebecca Nolan
Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.3 | Hello, everybody. The wait is over. You don't have to wait any longer. We're back with the new series. Thank God. And I hope you enjoy today's new episode about people holding out hope. And sometimes holding out hope is all you can do. |
| 0:24.3 | Thank you for calling the Radio 4 hotline. What show are you trying to reach? Shortcuts. |
| 0:31.4 | I heard the Today program. No. Is this correct? No. What show are you trying to reach? Shortcuts. I'm sorry I didn't quite catch that. |
| 0:41.7 | Please may I speak to an operator? I'm sorry I didn't quite catch that. An operator. |
| 0:47.0 | Thank you for calling the radio for hotline. What show are you trying to reach? Short cuts. I heard. Short butts. |
| 0:54.9 | No. |
| 0:55.9 | Please may I speak with an operator emergency? |
| 0:59.2 | Thank you for calling the radio four hotline. |
| 1:02.3 | What show are you trying to reach? |
| 1:04.1 | Short cuts. |
| 1:05.6 | I heard. |
| 1:07.2 | Short cuts. |
| 1:08.0 | Yes. |
| 1:08.6 | Putting you through to today's episode of shortcuts. Yes. Putting you through to today's episode of Shortcuts. |
| 1:11.7 | Yes. |
| 1:12.6 | Thank you. |
| 1:14.6 | You are currently 57th in the queue. |
| 1:18.3 | Your call is very important to us. |
| 1:20.4 | Stupid robot. |
| 1:22.0 | Thank you for holding. We're going to start today with one of the finest examples of stalling for time and filling dead air in the history of British radio. |
| 1:44.9 | That nightmare scenario when you're told, |
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