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4. Cuban Missile Crisis
Episode 4 of 9
Blake Morrison reads more from his tribute to a cantankerous father. The Cuban Missile crisis casts a long shadow. From 1994.
1962 in Kirkby Lonsdale, Blake and his father are on a wet camping trip. 12-year-old Blake sits in a pub with his father who can't wait to join in a discussion on Khrushchev.
Jumping forward, the writer and his sister sit with their dying father longing to hear the stories that used to annoy them
Read, written and abridged by Blake Morrison.
Producer: Di Speirs
First broadcast on 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 in April 1994.
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