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Jonathan Cocking
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Jonathan Cocking could read Shakespeare and remember long number sequences at three. Why does he deny he was a prodigy? From 2008.
Chris Ledgard presents a series looking at the lives of people who were labelled child prodigies.
Jonathan Cocking could read Shakespeare and remember long sequences of numbers at the age of three.
In 1950, he featured in the national press.
But Jonathan firmly denies that he was a prodigy and has been living down the label ever since.
Producer: Chris Ledgard
First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in September 2008.
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Thu 4 Dec 2025
09:30
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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