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Mike Williams asks why millions of people commute each day and the effect this travelling routine might have on them. Commuters are more stressed and less fit than non-commuters.

Millions of people across the world get in a car, board a bus or train with monotonous regularity each day. Why do they do it? Can they enjoy it? Can it be good for their health? And what's the connection between the commuter and the hunter-gatherer? Mike Williams aims to find out.
Presenter:Mike Williams
Producer:Sonia Rothwell
Editor:Andrew Smith.

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Fri 6 Nov 2015 12:04
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