Dominic Arkwright talks to people who have made or received life-changing phone calls.
Radio 4,·15 episodes
The Siege
Police negotiator Max Vernon, who was involved in the 1980 Iranian Embassy siege.
27 Jul 2009,·15 mins
The Adoption
Educationalist Fiona Byerley's late-night call to a Thai orphanage.
03 Aug 2009,·15 mins
The Abduction
Ron and Pauline Friend built a school in Uganda in memory of their murdered son, Martin.
10 Aug 2009,·15 mins
The Transplant
Tony Roth had to wait for a call telling him that he could have a heart transplant.
17 Aug 2009,·15 mins
The Win
Meet the lottery line operators who make life-changing phone calls.
24 Aug 2009,·15 mins
Episode 1
Dominic Arkwright meets John Gillatt, who was lost in the Malaysian jungle for five days.
04 Feb 2013,·15 mins
Episode 2
Dominic Arkwright talks to counsellors at Childline about the dramatic calls they receive.
05 Feb 2013,·15 mins
Adoption
Dominic Arkwright meets the man who took a call from the sister he didn't know existed.
06 Feb 2013,·15 mins
Episode 4
Dominic Arkwright meets dancer Rose Metcalf who escaped from the sinking Costa Concordia.
07 Feb 2013,·15 mins
Episode 5
Dominic Arkwright meets the mum who gave birth at home with a 999 operator on the line.
08 Feb 2013,·15 mins
Concorde
Meet the woman who survived Concorde crashing into her Paris hotel.
01 Feb 2011,·15 mins
Sinking Ship
Meet the man who got a distress call from a ship named Titanic.
08 Feb 2011,·15 mins
Answerphone Messages
Meet the man who saved his ansaphone messages from the last 20 years.
15 Feb 2011,·15 mins
The Samaritans
Dominic Arkwright meets a man whose life was transformed by a call to the Samaritans.
22 Feb 2011,·15 mins
Forensics
Professor Peter French talks about the science of forensic acoustics.
01 Mar 2011,·15 mins
