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Jenny Aldridge
Jenny Aldridge has come to Birst after years of training to be a world-class news hound.
She is hoping to stretch her artistic legs & the following programmes are her attempts at being creative.
But journalism will always be Jenny’s first love & her ultimate ambition is to join the team who work on Radio 4′s Today programme.
… or maybe this isn’t the real Jenny, listen to her audio biography for an alternative view.
Listen to Jenny’s audio biography:
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Swine Flu News Part 2
Originally aired as part of Birst Live, the team travels to Mexico as the search continues for the elusive cause of swine flu, man-bird-pig.
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Swine Flu News Part 1
Originally aired as part of Birst Live, a report on Swine Flu makes some shocking revelations!
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Presented by Jenny Aldridge.
The Good Wife’s Guide
Can housewives of 2009 learn anything from advice given to women in the fifties?
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Desert Island Dicks – Sarah Horsley
Originally aired as part Birst Live, this segment invited a weekly guest to banish the people, things and concepts they revile to a desert island. (Which is located in the barren north (cold – not Yorkshire)).
This episode features Andrea Miller as host and Sarah Horsley as banisher.
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Produced by Jenny Aldridge with additional production by Andrea Miller. Created by Charlie Antrobus.
Daft Music
Originally aired as part of Birst Live, Jenny and Andrea take a brief look at the success of musicians of daft instruments and make an ill-advised grab for fame themselves, all to the plaintiff wails of Andrea’s kazookulele playing.
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The Hunter
Now we are taken inside the mind of a hunter before he makes his kill.
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Crazy in Love
This is the story of a woman who cannot accept that her fiancee has left her…
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The Adventure of English
In the adventure of English we attempt to learn the origins of language in a slightly amusing way. This piece may cause offence – but keep listening and you won’t be offended at all!
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Produced by Jenny Aldridge, Presented by Andrea Miller.