Living on the Edge

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Ten surprising stories from the very edges of the UK.

Ten surprising stories from the very edges of the UK. Neither town nor countryside, the coastline is a place apart - attracting lives and stories often overlooked.

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Living on the Edge: Downderry

Downderry

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Richard King accompanies Natasha Carthew as she returns to Downderry in Cornwall.

Richard King accompanies Natasha Carthew as she returns to Downderry, the Cornish village where she grew up.

Ten coastal encounters, presented by Richard King.

Today: accompanying the writer Natasha Carthew on a visit to Downderry, the Cornish village where she grew up.

Not simply town or countryside, the coastline is a place apart – attracting lives and stories often overlooked.

In these ten programmes, Richard King travels around the UK coast to meet people who live and work there – a sequence of portraits rooted in distinct places, which piece together into an alternative portrait of the UK: an oblique image of the nation drawn from the coastal edge.

Natasha Carthew's memoir about growing up in Downderry is called Undercurrent (Hodder & Stoughton).

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

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