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Sputnik

Episode 4: Gleeking

BBC Radio 4

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

A selection of stories celebrating the Russian satellite which started the space race in 1957.

By Benjamin Markovits, read by Ryan McCluskey.

All-American Sam is less than thrilled with his new Yugoslavian stepbrother, known to his classmates as Sputnik. Show less

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