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Derek Jones meets celebrities who love the British countryside and wildlife.

Derek Jones meets celebrities with a love of the British countryside and wildlife.

Sounds Natural: Esmond Knight

Esmond Knight

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Sounds Natural, Esmond Knight

Late actor Esmond Knight loves the forlorn sounds of nature including some heard in India.

Film and stage actor Esmond Knight, shares his love for the sounds and sights of wildlife with Derek Jones.  From 1976.

Film and stage actor Esmond Knight shares his love of wildlife with Derek Jones - which includes birds of prey.  

The Plaintive Cuckoo and the Redshank are amongst Emond's choice of natural history recordings from the BBC archive. 

Actor Esmond Knight (1906 – 1987) achieved much of his success before the Second World War, in which he was badly wounded. His film roles included Black Narcissus and Sink the Bismarck! 
 
Produced by John Burton for BBC Bristol.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1976.

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