with Kid Jensen, Alison Rice and Dr Alan Maryon-Davis Alison Rice will be talking about telephones around the world. How do they actually work?
Are video telephones goIng to be common household items? She'll also be telling some amusing stories about crossed lines and giving information on where to channel complaints. Dr Alan Maryon-Davis will also be looking at communication but of speech and gesture. He'll be talking about the meanings of signals and gestures around the world and looking at their derivations. Why, for instance, do Eskimos rub noses as a greeting?