14/06/2012
Join Mel Giedroyc for a visit to a teabag factory, and a trip on a canal. Plus, cooking Boston beans, how to tune a piano, and episode 4 of Dakota of the White Flats.
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Kennet and Avon Canal
A trip on a working canal boat, and how to navigate a lock.
Duration: 03:50
Boston Beans Part 1
Cookery writer Tamasin Day Lewis prepares an American classic dish - Boston Beans.
Duration: 03:00
Questions, Questions
Stewart Henderson finds out why teabags only come in multiples of 40.
Duration: 06:10
Crinan Canal 1
Jimmie Macgregor travels to the Crinan Canal in western Scotland and meets a lockkeeper with an unusual hobby...
Duration: 04:15
Boston Beans Part 2
Them beans is ready now...
Duration: 02:15
Eel factory
Sheila Dillon from the Food Programme visits a factory in East London which specialises in making jellied eels.
Duration: 04:00
Piano tuner
Mel meets a Polish piano tuner whose great, great, great grandfather tuned the piano for the composer, Frederic Chopin.
Duration: 04:40
What's in a name in Cuba?
Can you imagine have a name which is your Dad's name spelt backwards? Giving children unusual names is all the rage in Cuba...
Duration: 03:50
Crinan Canal 2
Jimmie Macgregor hears the story of when Queen Victoria was caught short on a trip on the canal...
Duration: 02:45
Mel's Magical Mystery Tour
Mel reveals today's destination: it's a deep, dark place, in a hot country far away, and it's one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world.
Duration: 04:25
Dakota of the White Flats Ep 4
Georgia Taylor reads the fourth part of our story by Phillip Ridley. Watch out for the snapping eels...
Duration: 13:25
Broadcast
- Thu 14 Jun 2012 16:00蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 Extra
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