Memories: Willie and Alison
A shared moment of tenderness between Willie and Alison, a couple who have shared a rich life together but now face the challenges of an uncertain future as old age approaches.
A shared moment of tenderness between Willie and Alison, a couple who have shared a rich life together, but now face the challenges of an uncertain future as old age approaches. Another conversation introduced by Fi Glover in the series that proves it's surprising what you hear when you listen.
The Listening Project offers 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. Listeners are given a unique opportunity to eavesdrop on these moments of closeness that capture the essence both of a special relationship and of something that really matters to them both.
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 91热爆 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, while Radio 4 is broadcasting three of these jewel-like moments each Friday, with an omnibus on Sundays at 2.45pm. You can upload your own conversations or just learn more about The Listening Project by visiting bbc.co.uk/listeningproject.
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The Listening Project
Capturing the nation in conversation, in partnership with the British Library.