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Hardeep Singh Kohli visits Merthyr Tydfil, Christchurch and Brighton.

Hardeep Singh Kohli surveys the nation with his own version of the census, visiting Merthyr Tydfil, Christchurch and Brighton. From March 2011.

In the last programme in this series, Hardeep Singh Kohli travels to Merthyr Tydfil, Christchurch and Brighton to try out his own version of the census. Combining some of the questions from the official census, and some of his own, his aim is to engage householders in an intimate conversation about who they are and what matters to them most. 

Exploring themes of identity, health and religion, Hardeep speaks to an elderly woman who is the full time carer for her son, a retired woman living in 'Gods waiting room' and an unemployed man who talks of his approach to prayer and faith. 

With questions that range from the intimate to the irreverent, from the factual to the emotional, Hardeep Singh Kohli explores the parts of our lives that box-checking and number counting don't allow for, uncovering the individual, everyday experiences of people across the country. 


Producer: Katie Burningham
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

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Hardeep Singh Kohli travels around the UK gathering answers to his alternative census

Hardeep Singh Kohli travels around England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland gathering answers to his alternative census

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