Summary
Tales of a bipedal ape-like creature persist in the myth and legend of the Himalayas. But does the yeti really exist? Two enthusiasts are determined to find out. Andrew Benfield and Richard Horsey begin their search in the north-east Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.
Speaking to villagers and yak herders, they hear multiple accounts of yeti sightings. Will they find the evidence they need to prove the creature is real?
Producer: Joanna Jolly. Executive Producer: Kirsten Lass. Sound designers: Peregrine Andrews and Dan King. Composer of original music: Marisa Cornford. Assistant Producer Maia Miller- Lewis.
A Loftus Media production for BBC Radio 4
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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. |
| 0:40.0 | Hello and welcome to Seriously from BBC Radio 4. I'm Andrew Benfield, one of the |
| 0:46.9 | presenters of Yeti a new documentary series from Radio 4. It's the story of our I, along with my friend Richard, travel across the Himalayas in |
| 0:56.4 | search of this mythical creature. You're about to hear the first episode, but to listen to the |
| 1:02.0 | rest of the series, just search for Yeti |
| 1:04.6 | on BBC Sounds. Ladies gentlemen, please ensure that you see bills a security facet and you need to |
| 1:15.1 | sheets are open for landing. Thank you. |
| 1:18.0 | There are some places in the world where Wonder still exists. |
| 1:21.8 | Cloud is not too heavy so we should have a pretty good view as we come into land hopefully. |
| 1:29.0 | You can already see those layers of dark and light mountains, you know, that you get when you're up high and there's peak upon peak upon peak. |
| 1:40.0 | This is Richard, one of my closest friends. |
| 1:44.0 | We're descending into Bhutan, an isolated and mysterious Himalayan kingdom that's tucked in between India and China. |
| 1:52.0 | I mean we're very close to this ridge. tucked in between India and China. |
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