Reaction Time
Seriously...
BBC
4.1 • 885 Ratings
🗓️ 14 February 2016
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
"Your breasts look fantastic in that dress." From abysmal chat-up lines like this, to love at first sight in Victoria Train Station, BBC Radio Four listeners have some incredible relationship stories. Reaction Time broadcasts them to the nation, in a programme composed entirely of smartphone contributions from the public. BBC Radio Four shouted out for stories about love on social media - gave out the reactiontime@bbc.co.uk email address and received poignant, funny and downright odd tales - which have been crafted into a half-hour of dreadful dates, poignant memories and one incredible relationship that begins with a heart attack. Contributors simply recorded their two minute stories on their phone recorders - and emailed the sound file in. The contributor Narelle Lancaster, was called back and asked to record the script over her phone - so it's 100% listeners in a programme made on phones - a new way of creating a programme, and a unique platform for the wit and inventiveness of the BBC Radio 4 audience. Presented by Narelle Lancaster Produced by Kevin Core.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Love. Easy to say, but definitely one of the most complex parts of the human experience. |
| 0:09.0 | Still, for us romantics, there is no greater endeavor. |
| 0:14.0 | Love can put butterflies in your belly, |
| 0:17.0 | make you feel invincible, and can open you up to the world and yourself |
| 0:22.0 | in ways that remain unexplainable. The pursuit of love helps |
| 0:26.6 | us build a personal collection of stories. Yes, some are ones we prefer to forget. But there's also the love at first sight story, |
| 0:35.0 | or the tale about the one that got away, |
| 0:38.0 | the saga about the one you risked it all for, |
| 0:41.0 | and of course, the anecdote that just makes you laugh. |
| 0:46.0 | In this seriously Valentine's Day special Radio 4 is presenting your stories. |
| 0:52.0 | Late last year we asked you to send us stories about |
| 0:55.6 | love, relationships and dating. We wanted to hear about those moments that have |
| 1:00.3 | moved you, surprised you and that you just can't forget. |
| 1:05.2 | What we created is a program with recordings you made on your smartphones. |
| 1:10.3 | We even handed over presenting the program to you. |
| 1:13.0 | And in keeping with the theme, I have recorded this on my phone. |
| 1:18.0 | My name is FEMI Martin. |
| 1:20.0 | Now, I'm going to get involved and share my love story with you at the end of the program but for now I'm going to step aside and hand over to you. |
| 1:31.0 | I remember looking at him and thinking that he was a handsome guy. |
| 1:35.6 | I certainly had already felt married to Ruth for as long as we'd been together. |
| 1:39.6 | The evening ended with me having a long lonely walk home. |
| 1:44.0 | I love men. I've always loved men and their company. |
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