Summary
Falling space debris sparks an adventure across continents - and underpants dangling from a tree push a woman into a downward spiral. Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about The Descent.
The King and I Produced by Natalie Kestecher
Skylab Featuring Stan Thornton Produced by Hannah Dean
Seven Miles Deep Featuring Don Walsh Produced by Andrea Rangecroft
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2019.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:09.0 | Hello, I'm Greg Foote, and before your podcast starts, I'd like to tell you about my new podcast. |
| 0:14.0 | It's called The Best Things Since Slice Bread. |
| 0:16.0 | Have you ever wondered what's fact and what's fad when it comes to wonder products? |
| 0:21.5 | Face creams, activated charcoal, kombucha, tumouric shots. |
| 0:25.5 | Well, that's what I'm trying to find out with the help of leading scientists and special guests. |
| 0:30.1 | If you want to separate benefits from Buncom, subscribe to the best thing since sliced bread on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:38.3 | Hello, welcome to the podcast version of Shortcuts. |
| 0:40.9 | My name's Jacey Long and I know what you're thinking. |
| 0:43.0 | You're thinking, finally, an episode of shortcuts has been dedicated to the 2005 |
| 0:48.0 | Spelunking British horror film, The Descent. |
| 0:51.6 | Oh, would that it were, listeners, would that it were? I have so many |
| 0:56.6 | opinions about it. The Descent too, however, I still haven't seen. Please don't spoil it for me. |
| 1:02.1 | I'm going to assume that they all descend and come out alive. |
| 1:10.4 | This is Shortcuts. |
| 1:14.3 | Brief Encounters, true stories, radio adventures, and found sand. |
| 1:20.3 | Today, the descent. |
| 1:22.9 | A lot of these little critters make noises. |
| 1:25.1 | Some of them sound like drums. |
| 1:26.9 | Shriffs make a noise like frying |
| 1:28.5 | bacon. I never said anything about you being contiguous. Well, I've got it on tape, so you did say it. |
| 1:37.6 | Really? Mm-hmm. On today's program, we have stories on the grandest scale imaginable. |
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