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Rare v. Common Birds

on BBC Home Service Basic

A spontaneous debate on the motion 'That The Study of Common Birds is More Satisfying Than the Pursuit of Rarities'

The proposition:
The Rev. P.H.T. Hartley, Robert Hinde, two ardent advocates of the common bird

The opposition:
Denzil Harber, James Ferguson Lees, two unrepentant rarity hunters

Keeping them apart:
James Fisher

Before a student audience at Flatford Mill Field Centre, Suffolk

Contributors

Chairman:
James Fisher
Speaker:
The Rev. P.H.T. Hartley
Speaker:
Robert Hinde
Speaker:
Denzil Harber
Speaker:
James Ferguson Lees
Producer:
Jeffery Boswall

BBC Home Service Basic

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