Tudur Owen: Zoo

Comedy of the Week

BBC

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4 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Last year Tudur Owen brought us 'Where on Earth is Anglesey?', a Radio 4 series that introduced us to his homeland, Ynys Môn and hinted at the rather unconventional goings-on there. One such eccentric event is the incredible but true story of how he and his family somewhat unwittingly became the owners of what the News of the World would go on to describe as “The Worst Zoo in Britain”. Join Tudur for an engrossing caper about a corrupt animal wrangler, a family on the brink and a climactic wallaby chase across the Menai Strait. All the events in this story are almost true. Written and performed by Tudur Owen Script Editor: Gareth Gwynn Additional voices: Lisa-Jên Brown and Fergus Craig Sound Engineering and Design by David Thomas Producer: Richard Morris A BBC Studios Production

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0:00.0	VVC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:04.9	Hey there, thanks for choosing Comedy of the Week.
0:07.6	I'm Athenica Blenu bringing you the best comedy from BBC Radio 4.
0:12.0	Here's this week's show.
0:13.2	When I was 13, my family and I were embroiled in a scandal, a national scandal.
0:19.4	I remember most of what happened vividly, so this is a true story,
0:23.4	although it's fair to say that some parts are true with another's.
0:26.5	So here goes.
0:34.4	I was brought up on a farm on Anis Morn, the Welsh island of Anglesey.
0:39.2	It's a rugged, seawashed, beautifully savage part of the world,
0:43.2	and I absolutely hated it.
0:46.2	In 1980, I was a hormonal teenage boy.
0:50.0	I was 10 miles away from any streetlights and 20 years away from the internet.
0:54.0	My father was a farmer, sheep and cattle, so a proper farmer.
0:59.9	He looked like a farmer, he smelled like a farmer, and he would swear like a farmer.
1:05.8	Farmers can be the most placid and reasonable people,
1:08.8	but when they're working in their fields, hurting sheep, for example,
1:12.5	they will use words that transcend language and cultures and quite possibly species.
1:17.4	When my father was in full flow, an ancient Neanderthal would know exactly what he was saying,
1:25.6	and probably disapprove.
1:26.8	I can almost hear him now.
1:29.5	I have a brother called Dewey, and we're very close.
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