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Pam Ayres' Open Road

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The poet and broadcaster embarks on a UK road trip, taking in the lives of the locals

Pam Ayres' Open Road: Series 1: Hickling and the Norfolk Broads

Hickling and the Norfolk Broads

Series 1

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Pam Ayres' Open Road, Series 1, Hickling and the Norfolk Broads

The poet goes boating and climbs the tallest windmill in Britain.

The poet goes boating and climbs the tallest windmill in Britain. Locals share their water expertise. From 2008.

Pam meets a Norfolk Broads river pilot, climbs Britain's tallest windmill and wields a scythe with a legendary reed-cutter.

Series in which poet and raconteuse, Pam Ayres takes to the open road, visiting eight places in Britain to hear tales from the people who live there. 

Producer: Simon Elmes

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in 2000.

Pam Ayres' Open Road: Series 1

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