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Bitter Harvest

Delve Special Series 4
Episode 2 of 4

Probing pesticides and agricultural policy - David Lander asks if farming is in crisis. Stars Stephen Fry. From September 1987.

Investigating pesticides and agricultural policy, intrepid reporter David Lander asks if farming is in crisis.

Presented by David Lander with assistance from Stephen Fry.

Studio production by:

Brenda Blethyn
Philip Pope
Robert Bathurst

Dramatic reconstructions by:

Julia Hills
Jack Klaff
Phil Nice

Researched by Tony Sarchet.

Delve Special ran for four series from 1984 to 1987 and later transferred to TV as: This is David Lander.

Editor: Paul Mayhew Archer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1987.

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25 minutes

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