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For years Chloe Dalton's life was crammed with international flights, back-to-back meetings and and last-minute deadlines. There was little time to stop and think. But when the lockdown of 2020 forced a move to the English countryside, she unexpectedly found herself taking an interest in nature and wandering the lanes and fields near her home. It was on one of these walks that she stumbled across an abandoned baby hare. She did everything in her power to keep it alive – and keep it wild. But as the days went by and the hare kept returning to Chloe's house, it showed her the beauty of a quieter pace of life and the magic that can be found in your own backyard.

Twenty-five years ago, for her birthday, Izabela Dluzyk was given a CD-ROM that opened up her world in ways she never imagined. It contained short samples of birdsong, all of which she diligently learned by heart. On her next birthday she asked for a tape recorder, and began recording in the streets and gardens around where she lived, in Poland. Now Izabela (who is blind since birth) is a sound recordist, celebrated for capturing the birdsong and animal life of the last remaining primeval forest in lowland Europe.

Presenter: Mobeen Azhar

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