Re: [Swprograms] BBC Radio 4: "Crossing Continents" audio archives restored

["Scott Royall" <royall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Unfortunately, iTunes doesn't have the archives.

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> Subject: [Swprograms] BBC Radio 4: "Crossing Continents" audio archives
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>
> I love a good documentary, and one of the best series of the genre is
> "Crossing Continents", from BBC Radio 4.  It airs roughly half the
> year in a series of 8 weeks on, 8 weeks off.
>
> Searchable audio archives of prior editions had been available up
> until early 2008, but a web site reorganization removed all but the
> most recent edition from the on-demand archive.
>
> This capability has now been restored, with all editions back to
> November 2006 available for online listening.
>
> "Crossing Continents" is similar to the World Service programs
> "Assignment" and "Analysis", and I've heard material that first aired
> on "Crossing Continents" show up later in "Analysis", but the
> program's half-hour format lends itself to a decent level of detail.
>
> Example program topics include slum clearance in Mumbai, Mexico's drug
> cartels, Belarus' idealistic youth, and legalized prostitution in Las
> Vegas.
>
> Program website:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/crossing_continents/default.stm
>
> Richard
>
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> Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA
>
> International broadcasting / shortwave blog:
> http://www.intlradio.blogspot.com
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