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Saving the World's Largest Flower

Dermot chats to botanist Chris Thorogood about his quest to save the world's largest flower. Plus Edith Bowman is at C2C in Glasgow. And The Mystery Voice.

Dermot chats to botanist Chris Thorogood about his quest to save the world's largest flower. Rafflesia is the blood-red, stinking, parasitic, metre-wide β€˜corpse flower’ found only in the remotest jungles of South East Asia. Today Chris is the Deputy Director of the Oxford Botanic Garden with a mission to save it from the edge of extinction.

Plus Edith Bowman is at C2C in Glasgow. And The Mystery Voice and loads of country music classics

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Sat 9 Mar 2024 08:00
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Jalen Ngonda

    Illusions

    • (CD Single).
    • Daptone Recordings.

  • The Bellamy Brothers

    If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body

    • The Gold Album (Various Artists).
    • The Hit Label Ltd.

  • The Lemonheads

    Into Your Arms

    • ATLANTIC.

  • Elbow

    Lovers Leap

    • Audio Vertigo.
    • Polydor.

  • John Smith

    Great Lakes

  • Kenny Rogers & Sheena Easton

    We've Got Tonight

    • Duets - 36 Of The World's Greatest Ev.
    • Telstar.

  • Johnny Marr & ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra

    Passenger (Radio 2 Piano Room, 7 Feb 2024)

  • Shaznay Lewis

    Kiss Of Life

    • Pages.
    • 1.9.7.5 Recordings.

  • Van Morrison

    Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?

    • The Very Best Of Van Morrison.
    • Polydor.
    • 2.

  • John Denver

    Leaving on a Jet Plane

    • A Song's Best Friend: Very Best Of.
    • RCA/BMG.

Broadcast

  • Sat 9 Mar 2024 08:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2