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Sarah Jane and Philip: family tensions

Fi Glover presents Radio 4's series capturing the nation in conversation. Sarah Jane and her brother Philip discuss the turmoil his spell behind bars caused her and their mother.

Fi Glover presents Radio 4's series capturing the nation in conversation: this time Sarah Jane and her brother Philip discuss the turmoil and distress that were caused to their family - in particular to their mother, stricken with cancer - and to herself when Philip ended up behind bars.

The Listening Project is a new initiative for Radio 4 that aims to offer a 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

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Fri 8 Jun 2012 16:55

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  • Fri 8 Jun 2012 16:55

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Fi Glover and Jane Garvey roam the fields of broadcasting talking to interesting people.

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