26/07/2020

Available for over a year

Kofi Smiles presents the extended weekly edition of the programme this week on the shared experience of being in lockdown and beyond. In this edition relatives, strangers and friends discuss the highs and lows of running small businesses - from supermarkets to independent cinemas. And a music genre particular to the city of Hull. The Listening Project is a Radio 4 initiative that offers a snapshot of contemporary Britain in which people across the UK volunteer to have a conversation. The conversations are being gathered across the UK by teams of producers from local and national radio stations who facilitate each encounter. Every conversation lasts up to an hour, and is then edited to extract the key moments of connection between the participants. Most of the unedited conversations are being archived by the British Library and used to build up a collection of voices capturing a unique portrait of the UK in this decade of the millennium. You can learn more about The Listening Project by visiting bbc.co.uk/listeningproject Producer: Mohini Patel