Bird Island

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Cheery young scientist Ben tries to adapt to the loneliness of working in the Antarctic.

Ben, a young scientist working in the sub-Antarctic, tries to adapt to the solitude by keeping a cheery audio diary on a dictaphone. Stars Reece Shearsmith. Comedy by Katy Wix.

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Reece Shearsmith

Julian Rhind-Tutt

Jot Davies

Tilusha Ghelani

Katy Wix

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Ben and Graham are short on food supplies and cannot radio main base.

Short on food supplies, Ben and Graham must survive on porridge. Stars Reece Shearsmith and Julian Rhind-Tutt. From June 2012.

Ben is on the trip of a lifetime to Sub-Antarctica.

Yet he's trapped in an icy hell with one other person, a dodgy internet connection and a Dictaphone.

Fellow travelling scientist Graham is also a nerd, so he's not much help in alleviating the loneliness. No wonder they both fail to share all the highs and lows of exploring this beautiful, but lonely landscape.

So, Ben tries to socially adapt to his loneliness by keeping a cheery audio diary.

In this episode, Ben and Graham are short on food supplies and can't radio main base. 

Tensions rise as they are forced to survive on porridge.

Ben     ......     Reece Shearsmith
Graham     ......     Julian Rhind-Tutt
D'Angelo     ......     Jot Davies

Written by Katy Wix 

Producer:  Tilusha Ghelani

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2012.

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Audio diary of young scientist Ben trying to adapt to the loneliness in the Antarctic.

Reece Shearsmith stars as Ben, a young scientist working in the sub-Antarctic, trying to adapt to the loneliness with a cheery audio diary. Sitcom by Katy Wix

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