Ayres on the Air

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

Ayres on the Air: Series 1: The Countryside

The Countryside

Series 1

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Bored chickens and aggrieved starlings. Rural poetry and sketches from Pam Ayres.

Bored chickens and aggrieved starlings. Rural poetry and sketches from Pam Ayres. With Felicity Montagu. From June 2004.

Pam Ayres's poetry and sketch show goes all rural.  

With poems about grand plans for a garden and being a battery hen.

Plus sketches on the joys of buying a tractor and how the townie views the country life. 

Aided and abetted by:

Geoffrey Whitehead
Felicity Montagu

Producer: Claire Jones

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2004.

Ayres on the Air: Series 1

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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 presents her own poetry and sketches.

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