Summary
From an island which resists invasion to a beloved city in which you can't be free - Josie Long presents a series of short documentaries where the landscape becomes a character.
Ribbon Gums Produced by Sophie Townsend
Resistance Featuring Lars Christian Kofoed Romer and Viola Produced by Rikke Houd
Mosul Eye Produced by Andrea Rangecroft
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2018.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is the BBC. |
| 0:03.1 | Hello, welcome back to Shortcuts. I hope you're enjoying your week. |
| 0:07.5 | Today we have some really beautiful stories and documentaries. |
| 0:11.1 | I have cried twice listening to the stories for this episode, although I should say I am |
| 0:15.8 | pregnant, so that is a factor, but nonetheless I've cried twice. |
| 0:23.5 | This is shortcuts. |
| 0:27.9 | Brief encounters, true stories, radio adventures and found sound. |
| 0:35.4 | Today, landscapes. |
| 0:43.2 | Australians are used to seeing burnt and blackened eucalypts |
| 0:47.6 | after summers that are filled with bushfires. |
| 0:51.0 | But in the alpine region of New South Wales, |
| 0:55.8 | something else has happened to the ribbon gums, something much more damaging than fire. The radio producer Sophie Townsend spent her |
| 1:03.6 | summer in the mountains with her family and found herself deeply unsettled by the black, scarred |
| 1:10.0 | trees. |
| 1:16.6 | My little brother's been asleep on the passenger seat for a while now. |
| 1:20.6 | It's been a long drive and he took the first half, but we're winding up the mountains now, |
| 1:23.6 | on our way to meet the rest of the family, |
| 1:26.6 | waiting for us at the Alpine Lodge. |
| 1:32.7 | All around us it's summer, all golden and green. |
| 1:39.0 | Except the ribbon gum trees. |
| 1:41.3 | They're black and grey, sickly, looking like winter. |
| 1:48.0 | Sometimes you see a scene like this after a bad bushfire season, |
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