Episodes
Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
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01 | Isabel Galleymore | 20210222 | In our world of dissolving distinctions, five contemporary writers imagine life as an animal of their choice and investigate the boundaries between animal and human - each with the help from different animal experts, In this edition, poet Isabel Galleymore clings to the side of a rock pool as a limpet. In subsequent editions of the series Belinda Zhawi imagines herself into the world of the southern African plains zebra, Sarah Kosar at the edge of a London park is a soprano pipistrelle bat, Toby Litt is the brown hare at the outskirts of a wood, Ned Beauman makes dams with the Devon beaver and this evening, Producers Kate Bland and Toby Withers. Becoming Animal is a Cast Iron Radio production for BBC Radio 3. Poet Isabel Galleymore imagines herself as a limpet. |
02 | Belinda Zhawi | 20210223 | In our world of dissolving distinctions, five contemporary writers imagine life as an animal of their choice and investigate the boundaries between animal and human - each with the help from different animal experts. In this edition, writer and sound artist Belinda Zhawi imagines life as a southern African plains Zebra. In other editions of the series Toby Litt is the brown hare at the outskirts of a wood, Sarah Kosar at the edge of a London park is a soprano pipistrelle bat, Ned Beauman makes dams with the Devon beaver and poet Isabel Galleymore clings to the side of a rock pool as a limpet. Producers Kate Bland and Toby Withers. Becoming Animal is a Cast Iron Radio production for BBC Radio 3. Photo Theo Ndlovu |
03 | Ned Beauman | 20210224 | In our world of dissolving distinctions, five contemporary writers imagine life as an animal of their choice and investigate the boundaries between animal and human - each with the help from different animal experts. In this edition, writer Ned Beauman explores the world of the Devon beaver. In other essays in the series, Isabel Galleymore clings to the side of a rock pool as a limpet, Sarah Kosar at the edge of a London park is a soprano pipistrelle bat, Toby Litt is the brown hare at the outskirts of a wood and Belinda Zhawi imagines herself into the world of the southern African plains zebra. Producers Kate Bland and Toby Withers. Becoming Animal is a Cast Iron Radio production for BBC Radio 3. Photo Alice Neale |
04 | Sarah Kosar | 20210225 | In our world of dissolving distinctions, five contemporary writers imagine life as an animal of their choice and investigate the boundaries between animal and human - each with the help from different animal experts. In this edition, playwright Sarah Kosar flies in the night sky with the soprano pipistrelle bat. In other editions in the series, Isabel Galleymore clings to the side of a rock pool as a limpet, Toby Litt is the brown hare at the outskirts of a wood, Belinda Zhawi imagines herself into the world of the southern African plains zebra and Ned Beauman builds dams with the Devon beaver. Producers Kate Bland and Toby Withers. Becoming Animal is a Cast Iron Radio production for BBC Radio 3. |
05 LAST | Toby Litt | 20210226 | In our world of dissolving distinctions, five contemporary writers imagine life as an animal of their choice and investigate the boundaries between animal and human - each with the help from different animal experts. In this edition, writer Toby Litt is inspired by the world of the brown hare. In other essays in the series, Isabel Galleymore clings to the side of a rock pool as a limpet, Belinda Zhawi imagines herself into the world of the southern African plains zebra, Ned Beauman builds dams with the Devon beaver and Sarah Kosar flies with the soprano pipistrelle bat. Producers Kate Bland and Toby Withers. Becoming Animal is a Cast Iron Radio production for BBC Radio 3. Photo credit Mauricio Molizane de Souza |