Lives in a Landscape

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• Lives 23 May 12: Steel Spring

  Wed, 23 May 12

  Duration:
  28 mins

  It's Easter 2012 and Redcar steelworks sees a fiery and unlikely resurrection when its blast furnace is relit. Amongst the flames Alan Dein hears from lives shaped by steel. Producer: Mark Burman

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• Lives 16 May 12: Driving change in Portrush

  Fri, 18 May 12

  Duration:
  28 mins

  The people of Portrush in Northern Ireland are hoping that the arrival of the Irish Open golf tournament will breathe new life into this seaside town which was a once thriving holiday resort. For four days the town will turn into a golf lover's paradise. An injection of cash from the government is paying for the demolition of derelict buildings and a major spring clean. But some in Portrush fear this will be a temporary patch-up job and that once the world's TV cameras depart things will return to normal. Producer: Claire Burgoyne

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• Lives 09 May 12: Dog Killers

  Wed, 9 May 12

  Duration:
  28 mins

  Alan Dein delves into the deaths of two Labradors, Moz and Chloe and three Jack Russell Terriers, Monty, Poppy and Murphy, living in different families on the same street. Following the latest death, pork steak laced with pesticide was found in a garden and a local vet is in little doubt that this was a deliberate. For Georgina and her husband Darren the attacks have unleashed mistrust and fear in their once close knit community near Wakefield. Producer: Sue Mitchell

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• Lives 02 May 12: The New Estate

  Wed, 2 May 12

  Duration:
  28 mins

  The dramas of young families moving into Cardea, a brand new housing estate on the outskirts of Peterborough which just two years ago was open fields. Sara Jane and Stacey are both expectant mums in their early twenties. Together with their partners, they're about to embark on a new life on the new estate. Producer: Laurence Grissell

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• Lives: Readers' Lives 15 Apr 11

  Mon, 6 Feb 12

  Duration:
  28 mins

  Every six weeks a group of women in affluent Putney by the Thames in south-west London meets to discuss a book they've all been reading. This is no casual club open to the public but a close knit circle of friends and bibliophiles whose group is exclusive. As Boat Race Saturday - spring highpoint of the social calendar - approaches, Alan Dein joins the women as they go about their daily lives to hear about their relationship with Putney, with each other and the meaning the book club has for them. Producer: Neil McCarthy

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• Lives: The Shoot 08 April 11

  Mon, 30 Jan 12

  Duration:
  28 mins

  Alan Dein follows the fortunes of Iraq veteran turned wedding photographer Stefan Edwards as he contends with the difficulties of life on civvy street and tries to cut himself a slice of the increasingly competitive wedding market. Producer: Laurence Grissell

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• Lives: Passion at Glasgow Cross 23 Jan 11

  Mon, 23 Jan 12

  Duration:
  28 mins

  On the wall above the Val D'Oro, one of the oldest fish and chip shops in Glasgow hangs a painting of the Crucifixion, painted to commemorate the residents of one of the poorest areas of the city. To the left of the cross, Luigi Corvi, owner of the shop, stands poised to sing, bearing a plate of fish and chips. As Alan Dein discovers, the Passion at Glasgow Cross also describes Luigi's long suppressed dream: he serves fish and chips by day but dreams of life singing opera at La Scala... Producer: David Stenhouse

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• Lives: The Home 22 Jun 11

  Mon, 2 Jan 12

  Duration:
  28 mins

  Alan Dein visits Vi and John Rubens House in Ilford, Essex, where elderly residents of the old East End Jewish community in London now spend their days. Talking to them about how they spend their time now he discovers a rich landscape of experience in the lives of these entertainingly lively and thoughtful old people. Producer: Simon Elmes.

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• Lives: The Devils of Broughton 25 Mar 11

  Fri, 23 Dec 11

  Duration:
  28 mins

  Alan Dein reports on a curious midnight ritual in Broughton, Northamptonshire where, as Christmas approaches, the villagers beat out the devil in a din of pots and pans, milk churns and hip baths, drums and hammers, colanders and frying pans - anything that makes a noise in fact. Producer: Sara Jane Hall

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• Lives: A Zimbabwean in Belfast 15 Jun 11

  Mon, 19 Dec 11

  Duration:
  28 mins

  Alan Dein meets Zimbabwean refugee Wilson Magwere. Back home, he and his fellow musicians from the band Storm were regularly called upon to perform at pro-government rallies while all around them they witnessed their family and friends suffer at the hands of Robert Mugabe's regime. It was soon too much to bear and Wilson left his wife and daughter to flee to Belfast, where he's formed a new band and hopes his family might someday join him. Producer: Conor Garrett

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