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Ayres On the Air

AuthorPam Ayres

NarratorPam Ayres

Duration1h 56m

CategoriesAdult Non-Fiction, British Radio Comedy Shows, Poetry

PublisherBBC

VersionUnabridged

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This recording is taken from four of writer, poet and broadcaster Pam Ayres''s live shows for her BBC Radio 4 series Ayres on the Air, and is packed with her usual mix of comic poetry, prose and droll observations on life. . Here, Pam can be heard delighting her public on such topics as holidays, families, ageing and country living. With sketches about being 'Topless at 60', getting shingles up the Orinoco and the joys of buying a tractor; and poems including 'The Wonderbra', 'Littering', 'Poor Dad' and 'The Voice at the Foot of the Stairs', this collection showcases one of the nation's most popular poets at her very best.

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