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Six programmes in which Peter Snow presents newspaper stories from a date selected at random by computer. 3: The Swansea and Glamorgan Herald for 5 December 1849.
Emma Kirkby explains why the "Swedish Nightingale", Jenny Lind , retired from opera at the age of 28; the search for Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin goes on; and the California Gold Rush reaches its frenzied peak. Producer Andrew Green

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Emma Kirkby
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Jenny Lind
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Sir John Franklin
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Andrew Green
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