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Series 2

1. Why Can't I Concentrate?

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for years

Comedian Rhys James investigates topics that the rest of us are too busy to be bothered with.

1. Why Can't I Concentrate?

The average attention span is a mere 47 seconds long. Rhys gets to the bottom of the reasons behind our declining attention span and if there's anyway to reverse this trend, Will a digital detox help? Will anyone make it past the 47 seconds of this show? And does this have anything to do with the millennium bug?

Written and presented by Rhys James
Guest... Gloria Mark

Production Co-Ordinator: Dan Marchini
Produced by Carl Cooper and Pete Strauss

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