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"Through the dark shadows comes the melancholy cry of night”. Year in the life of an owl.

4 Extra Debut. "Through the dark shadows comes the melancholy cry of night”. A year in the life of an owl. Narrator Andrew Sachs. From 1983.

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"Through the dark shadows comes the melancholy cry of night. Long and clear. No merry notes these. The call of the tawny owl sobers men into fear a winter sky."

A year in the life of an owl

Written by Paul Thomas.

Narrated by Andrew Sachs.

Produced at BBC Bristol by Michael Bright

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1983.

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