Departures
Valedictory thoughts from Bridget Kendall and Kevin Connolly while Gabriel Gatehouse is forced to consider departures in his despatch about the European Union and Euro 2016.
Leaving's the theme of this edition. Bridget Kendall, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Russia specialist, is hanging up her headphones but not before she talks about secret agents and considers what the past can tell us about that country's future. Past and present are on Kevin Connolly's mind too. He's off to a new Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ posting and points out that within half an hour's walk of his home in Jerusalem some of the defining dramas of the ancient world played themselves out. He also talks of the pleasures and pitfalls of Middle East reporting today. And Gabriel Gatehouse hums the theme tune from 'The Great Escape' while considering departures in his essay about the EU referendum and the Euro2016 football tournament in France.
Image: How to ford a river in groups - instructional diagram from the USSR's Armed Forces Ministry 1946 'Essential Manual for Spies & Scouts'
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- Thu 16 Jun 2016 11:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4