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Picturing Britain

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Adil Ray looks at life through the lens of contemporary photographers

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Picturing Britain: Series 2: Episode 4: The Fisherman's Tale

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Episode 4: The Fisherman's Tale

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The Fisherman's Tale

BBC Radio 4 - Picturing Britain, Series 2, The Fisherman's Tale

Adil Ray sees Cornwall through the lens of local paper photographer Emily-Whitfield Wicks.

Adil Ray follows local newspaper photographer Emily Whitfield-Wicks as she captures one of many stories of ingenuity and economic survival in Cornwall.

In Picturing Britain, Adil Ray explores British life through the lens of some of the country's photographers.

How locals survive in Cornwall's ever-changing economic landscape is the subject of a popular weekly column in the Western Morning News. In this programme, Adil gets a chance to spend a day with the paper's photographer Emily Whitfield-Wicks, as she captures the life of fisherman Nigel Legge. 

Like so many others, Nigel's economic survival depends on mastering the art of diversification, and in Cornwall this means embracing tourism.

Nigel, a member of the crab fleet based in Cadgwith, now has to supplement his living by giving boat tours of the rugged coastline in the summer and spending the winter months handcrafting traditional lobster pots of all sizes to sell to the general public as indoor and outdoor ornaments.

Producer: Mohini Patel.

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