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Bond of Brothers: Ciaron and Brendan

Fi Glover presents Radio 4's series capturing the nation in conversation. When Brendan fell sick with kidney disease, it was his brother Ciaron who came to his rescue.

Fi Glover presents Radio 4's series capturing the nation in conversation: from Radio Ulster comes the story of Brendan and Ciaron, brothers whose fraternal bond was tested when Brendan fell ill. The final visit to the Listening Project is at 11.55pm this evening.

The Listening Project is a new initiative for Radio 4 that aims to offer a sort of snapshot of contemporary Britain in which people across the UK volunteer to have a conversation with someone close to them about a subject they've never discussed intimately before. The conversations are being gathered across the UK by teams of producers from local and national radio stations who facilitate each encounter. Every conversation - they're not Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ interviews, and that's an important difference - lasts up to an hour, and is then edited to extract the key moment of connection between the participants. Many of the long conversations are being archived by the British Library which they will use to build up a collection of voices capturing a unique portrait of the UK in the second decade of the millennium. You can upload your own conversations or just learn more about The Listening Project by visiting bbc.co.uk/listeningproject

Producer Simon Elmes.

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Fri 27 Apr 2012 16:55

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  • Fri 27 Apr 2012 16:55

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