Ayres on the Air

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Pam Ayres presents a series packed with poetry, anecdotes and sketches

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Ayres on the Air: Series 5: Horses

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Pam shares her love of horses. Poetry and sketches.

Pam shares her love of horses. Poetry and sketches with Geoffrey Whitehead and Felicity Montagu. From January 2014.

Pam Ayres presents poems, stories and sketches about a subject close to her heart: Horses.

Pam recalls going to the races as a little girl and ponders the significance of leg positioning in statues of horses.
Plus an intriguing story of being flattered by a stranger's attentions at the Badminton Horse Trials.

With:
Felicity Montagu
Geoffrey Whitehead as Pam's long-suffering husband 'Gordon'.

Poems include: The Racehorse Fred, The Stuffed Horse & Dreaming of Fresh Fields.

Sketch writers: James Bugg, Jan Etherington, Grainne McGuire, Andy Wolton and Tom Neenan.

Producer: Claire Jones.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014.

Ayres on the Air: Series 5

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Pam Ayres hosts a series packed with poetry, anecdotes and sketches

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