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Ayres on the Air

Series 5

Horses

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Pam Ayres presents poems, stories and sketches about a subject close to her heart: Horses.

Pam recalls going to the races as a little girl and ponders the significance of leg positioning in statues of horses.
Plus an intriguing story of being flattered by a stranger's attentions at the Badminton Horse Trials.

With:
Felicity Montagu
Geoffrey Whitehead as Pam's long-suffering husband 'Gordon'.

Poems include: The Racehorse Fred, The Stuffed Horse & Dreaming of Fresh Fields.

Sketch writers: James Bugg, Jan Etherington, Grainne McGuire, Andy Wolton and Tom Neenan.

Producer: Claire Jones.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014. Show less

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