Laura Barton's American Road Trip
Laura Barton takes to the open road for an audio adventure across the USA. Using the BBC archives to travel from the bright lights of New York to the pacific breeze of California.
Writer Laura Barton takes to the open road for an audio adventure across the United States of America.
Using the BBC archives to travel from the bright lights of New York to the pacific breeze of California.
Featuring:
* ‘Travel Talk: How The World Lives’ – New York [1947]
* ‘Free Spirit’ by Jonathan Raban [1991]
* American Airwaves’ [1984]
* ‘Sam Shepard at the Battersea Arts Centre: Cruising Paradise’ [1998]
* ‘The Green Book’ extract [2016]
* ‘World Roots: An Appalachian Road Trip’ [2009]
* ‘Conversations with the Blues’ [1961]
* ‘French Men Desire Good Children’ [1992]
* ‘South and West’ [2017]
* ‘Inside Track: Cowgirls’ [1998]
* ‘A Bright Light in the Night’ [2005]
* ‘American Beauty: Death Valley Opera’ [1995]
* ‘On the Town’ [1980]
* ‘Not Yet, Jayette’ [1992]
Producer: Luke Doran
Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in October 2018.
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Broadcasts
- Sat 20 Oct 201809:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Sat 20 Oct 201819:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Sat 25 Jul 202009:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Sat 25 Jul 202019:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Sat 25 Jun 202209:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Sat 25 Jun 202219:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
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