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The Essay Episodes

    Toby LittBecoming Animal

    5/5 Writer Toby Litt is inspired by the world of the brown hare.

    Sarah KosarBecoming Animal

    4/5 Playwright Sarah Kosar flies in the night sky with the soprano pipistrelle bat.

    Ned BeaumanBecoming Animal

    3/5 Writer Ned Beauman explores the world of the Devon beaver.

    Belinda ZhawiBecoming Animal

    2/5 Writer and sound artist Belinda Zhawi imagines life as a southern African plains Zebra.

    Isabel GalleymoreBecoming Animal

    1/5 Poet Isabel Galleymore imagines herself as a limpet.

    WindScience Notes

    5/5 James Burke leads us via steam engines and iron coffins to the modern orchestra.

    IvoriesScience Notes

    4/5 James Burke touches on pine trees, chintz, bowler hats – and ends up on the ivories.

    ImpressionScience Notes

    3/5 James Burke connects Italian electricity to Debussy via a baron's seances and your fridge.

    RomanceScience Notes

    2/5 James Burke links planetary orbits, the teeny-weeny and fake Scottish literature.

    EnlightenScience Notes

    1/5 Broadcaster James Burke links organisms that might not exist to a freemason’s opera.

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