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The Call

Dominic Arkwright talks to people who have made or received life-changing phone calls.

Radio 4,15 episodes

Episodes

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Series 1
The Siege
Police negotiator Max Vernon, who was involved in the 1980 Iranian Embassy siege.
27 Jul 2009,15 mins
Series 1
The Adoption
Educationalist Fiona Byerley's late-night call to a Thai orphanage.
03 Aug 2009,15 mins
Series 1
The Abduction
Ron and Pauline Friend built a school in Uganda in memory of their murdered son, Martin.
10 Aug 2009,15 mins
Series 1
The Transplant
Tony Roth had to wait for a call telling him that he could have a heart transplant.
17 Aug 2009,15 mins
Series 1
The Win
Meet the lottery line operators who make life-changing phone calls.
24 Aug 2009,15 mins
Series 3
Episode 1
Dominic Arkwright meets John Gillatt, who was lost in the Malaysian jungle for five days.
04 Feb 2013,15 mins
Series 3
Episode 2
Dominic Arkwright talks to counsellors at Childline about the dramatic calls they receive.
05 Feb 2013,15 mins
Series 3
Adoption
Dominic Arkwright meets the man who took a call from the sister he didn't know existed.
06 Feb 2013,15 mins
Series 3
Episode 4
Dominic Arkwright meets dancer Rose Metcalf who escaped from the sinking Costa Concordia.
07 Feb 2013,15 mins
Series 3
Episode 5
Dominic Arkwright meets the mum who gave birth at home with a 999 operator on the line.
08 Feb 2013,15 mins
Series 2
Concorde
Meet the woman who survived Concorde crashing into her Paris hotel.
01 Feb 2011,15 mins
Series 2
Sinking Ship
Meet the man who got a distress call from a ship named Titanic.
08 Feb 2011,15 mins
Series 2
Answerphone Messages
Meet the man who saved his ansaphone messages from the last 20 years.
15 Feb 2011,15 mins
Series 2
The Samaritans
Dominic Arkwright meets a man whose life was transformed by a call to the Samaritans.
22 Feb 2011,15 mins
Series 2
Forensics
Professor Peter French talks about the science of forensic acoustics.
01 Mar 2011,15 mins