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SOUNDSCAPE: The Rats' Tales
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The Rats' Tales is a dramatic and evocative series, following the lives of three female, brown rats and their struggle to survive and raise their families alongside their human companions.
Monday to Friday听12 -听16听September 2005听 3.45-4.00pm

Narrated by Jane Lapotaire, this 5-part series follows the very different lives of three beautiful brown rats, one living in a Tyneside sewer, another in a harbour on Merseyside, and the third on a farm in Suffolk, over the course of a year.

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The Rats' Tales

For centuries, man has had an uneasy relationship with rats. They must surely be among the most maligned of creatures; hated, revered, poisoned and attacked by humans - and yet they are among the most fascinating, intelligent and adaptable of animals.

Today, there's an estimated 60 million rats living in Britain - that's roughly one rat for every human being! This series presents another side to the creatures so maligned by man.

The Rats' Tales is a fictional story based on fact - and combines a rich and varied soundscape (recorded by wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson), with a powerful narration to produce a dramatic series following the lives of the rats, above and below the ground.


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