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1 of 5: Ghent

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Radio producers from around the world take over The Essay with innovative mini-features. In this first episode, Duncan Speakman and Tineke De Meyer circumnavigate Ghent in Belgium.

Five radio producers from around the world hijack The Essay to offer a series of Radio 3's innovative Between the Ears features in miniature, on the theme of 'borderlands'.

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In this first episode, Duncan Speakman and Tineke De Meyer circumnavigate Ghent in Belgium, asking questions about the nature of thresholds, and how they manifest themselves in experience, language and sound.

Written and recorded by Tineke De Meyer and Duncan Speakman
Music by Duncan Speakman
Contributions from Frank De Winne, Tim De Meyer, and Leentje Vandenbussche.

Series producer, Alan Hall.

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Mon 4 Dec 2017 22:45

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