Short Cuts - Adaptation
Josie Long hears stories of adaptation.
A former ghost writer describes the art of adapting someone else's life for the page, and a woman who left Damascus considers how her city has changed in the last few years.
Plus two stories of adapting to extraordinary circumstances - members of the Arctic 30 adjust to their new life inside a Russian prison, and a researcher perched on top of a Hawaiian volcano tests her psychological capacity to live on another planet.
Taking part:
Mark McCrum
Martha Lenio
Sarah Dadouch
Frank Hewetson
Dima Litinov
Producers Olivia Humphreys, Tim Hinman, Fiona Clampin
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2015.
Published on Tuesday, 21st April 2015.
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