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Short Cuts: Series 7: Adaptation

Adaptation

Series 7

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Josie Long hears tales of people who adapted to strange new lives and from a ghost writer.

Josie Long hears about living in a Russian jail and on top of a volcano - and how a ghost writer transforms memories. From 2015.

Josie Long hears stories of adaptation.
 
A former ghost writer describes the art of adapting someone else's life for the page, and a woman who left Damascus considers how her city has changed in the last few years.

Plus two stories of adapting to extraordinary circumstances - members of the Arctic 30 adjust to their new life inside a Russian prison, and a researcher perched on top of a Hawaiian volcano tests her psychological capacity to live on another planet.

Taking part:

Mark McCrum
Martha Lenio
Sarah Dadouch
Frank Hewetson
Dima Litinov

Producers Olivia Humphreys, Tim Hinman, Fiona Clampin

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2015.

Short Cuts: Series 7

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

Josie Long presents a showcase for short documentaries from the UK and abroad

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