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James and the Giant Tree House

James and the Giant Tree House: Episode 4

Episode 4

BBC Radio 4 - James and the Giant Tree House, Episode 4

James Aldred and friends work furiously to finish their rainforest tree house on time.

Dangling on his ropes in mid air, James spots a crocodile in the lagoon below. This is no time for mistake.

4/5. Like many small boys James Aldred loved climbing trees. Today, he stills loves climbing trees, but as a professional, helping scientists and wildlife filming crews into the canopy to study and film the wildlife here. As well as climbing trees, he loves building tree houses. When he isn't climbing trees, he's dreaming about them and scribbling designs for tree houses on scraps of paper or the back of cereal boxes. So, when he received a phone call inviting him to build a tree house which would be large enough to accommodate at least 4 people for over a month whilst they filmed Red-capped Mangabey monkeys in the forests of Gabon in Central West Africa, he didn't hesitate in accepting the challenge. This is the story of what happened; a terrific Boy's Own Adventure high above the ground in the forest canopy! 

James, his friend Nick Dunbar and their team face numeorus problems and delays during the construction, but they keep going. Now, with time running out, James, Nick and the team work furiously to get the tree house completed on time. This means early starts and long days. Everyone is getting tired, and as James and Nick swing in mid-air on their ropes hauling up and manipulating heavy timbers between them, below in the lagoon a crocodile launches out of the water after prey. This is not the time for making mistakes!

Narrated by James Aldred
Produced by Sarah Blunt.

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