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Birth

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Collection of lockdown recordings pondering questions around birth. Do twins share a soul or get one each? From 2021.

Following on from her hugely successful, award-winning series – ‘Minds The Gap’ and ‘Utopia’, Bridget Christie turns her attention to Mortality

Like many of us forced to work from home during Covid lockdown, Bridget recorded this series herself in her house, and in her local park, on a pre-sanitised recording device sent to her in the post.

Batteries weren’t included. She had to buy them all herself.

In a collection of informative, personal and absurd recordings, she confronts the difficult questions most of us spend our lives avoiding - all whilst being interrupted by cats, chores, children, foxes and a plumber.

“Do twins share a soul or do they get one each?”

“Why don’t we bury our placentas and plant a tree on top of them?”

“Who’s blocked the toilet again?”

If you are mortal, then this is the show for you.

Written and performed by Bridget Christie

With guest appearances from:

* Bridget's dad
* Bridget's sister, Eileen
* Bridget's friend, Ash

Producer: Carl Cooper

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2021.

28 minutes

On radio

Wednesday 08:00

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Broadcasts

  • Tue 13 Apr 2021 18:30
  • Tue 20 Apr 2021 07:30
  • Tue 20 Apr 2021 17:30
  • Tue 20 Apr 2021 22:00
  • Wed 21 Apr 2021 05:30
  • Tue 26 Jul 2022 23:30
  • Mon 13 Feb 2023 07:30
  • Mon 13 Feb 2023 12:30
  • Mon 13 Feb 2023 17:30
  • Tue 14 Feb 2023 02:30
  • Thu 28 Nov 2024 08:00
  • Thu 28 Nov 2024 13:00
  • Thu 28 Nov 2024 19:00
  • Fri 29 Nov 2024 03:00
  • Wednesday 08:00
  • Wednesday 13:00
  • Wednesday 19:00
  • Thursday 03:00