Summary
Meet Velma: a cat with attitude. (Possibly...)
And her owner, comedian Suzi Ruffell, who adores her pet - but thinks she's been getting a tad tetchy since they started spending more time together during the past year's various lockdowns.
Is Suzi just projecting her own feelings onto an unsuspecting animal, or are those pointed stares a sign that Velma's passing frosty judgement on her owner's life choices?
Together, they embark on a journey of discovery to find out more about cat behaviour and cognition, the world of feline research and the bond between cats and humans.
And of course, to discover the answer to Suzi's burning question: is her cat judging her?
Presented by Suzi Ruffell Produced by Lucy Taylor for BBC Audio in Bristol
Featuring excerpts from: - The ending of an episode of the television show 'Pointless', produced for the BBC by Remarkable Television with theme tune composed by Marc Sylvan; - A video of Texas lawyer Rod Ponton appearing as a cat during a virtual court session, as shared online by Judge Roy Ferguson; - A video of 'Barney the Cat' playing the keyboard, as shared on TikTok via @mars.gilmanov.
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| 0:00.0 | This was an impregnable fortress. The only way you get out was in a wooden box. |
| 0:05.0 | The controversial maximum security prison impossible to escape from. |
| 0:09.0 | And one of the duties of a political prisoner is the escape. |
| 0:12.0 | The IRA inmates who found a way. of a political prisoner is the escape. |
| 0:12.5 | The IRA inmates who found a way. |
| 0:14.5 | I'm Carlo Gableer and I'll be navigating a path |
| 0:19.5 | through the disturbing inside story of the biggest jailbreak in British and Irish history. |
| 0:25.0 | The narrative that they want is that this is a big achievement by them. |
| 0:28.5 | Escape from the maze, listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:35.0 | BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:39.0 | Come on in and get comfy. |
| 0:41.0 | This is seriously from BBC Radio 4 and I'm Vanessa Casile. This |
| 0:47.4 | podcast brings you an incredible selection of documentaries about everything you |
| 0:51.4 | could imagine and some things you couldn't. |
| 0:54.0 | Here comes something unusual, charming and seriously fascinating. |
| 1:00.0 | Oh, Belmont, what are you doing? |
| 1:05.0 | Oh, it's not even light yet. What's wrong with you? |
| 1:10.0 | Okay, fine, shh, shh, shh, getting up Shh, getting up. |
| 1:14.0 | I'm getting up. |
| 1:15.0 | This is how my day begins. |
| 1:18.0 | With a wake-up call from Valmer Kelly, |
| 1:21.0 | not the fatally glamorous character from the musical Chicago, but |
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