TONY PLETTS - BBC RADIO 4 SHOWS

  
   
     
     
 

THE GREAT LEADER, THE DEAR LEADER AND THE TOUR LEADER

  
 
   
   
Sample Part One - 7 mins Sample Part Two - 7 mins
   
 
     
 
Time to sit back, relax and take a holiday in the world's most isolated, mysterious and paranoid society - North Korea. Nick Bonner, a landscape architect turned tour group leader, will take you on a journey that aims to give a human face to the Hermit Kingdom. But things don't always go as planned. Originally broadcast as two half hour shows in February 2005.
  
     
 

GAMEBOY Vs THE MONGOLIAN STEPPE

  
 
   
    Listen To Part 1 of 5 - 13 mins    
 
     
 
Dexter Pletts has learning difficulties and is obsessed with computer games. As his 15th birthday approaches his exasperated father feels some sort of initiation is important and bets Dexter that ancient cultures have more to offer than anything in the virtual world. Join the Pletts family as they thrash through their fear barriers in Western Mongolia and learn to hunt for foxes with trained golden eagles. Originally broadcast as five 15 minute shows in July 2008.
  
     
  Guardian Feature on 'Gameboy' trip  
     
 

SHOWS BROADCAST IN FEBRUARY 05 & JULY 08 ON BBC RADIO 4
PRESENTER, TONY PLETTS - PRODUCER, SARA JANE HALL
'GREAT LEADER' NOMINATED FOR A SONY AWARD JANUARY 2006
 
     
  'GREAT LEADER' REVIEWS
" **** A very jolly programme" FT - "Fascinating stuff" Time Out - "On to a winner" The Guardian -
"Terrific" Independent - "An extraordinary tour" The Times - "Pick of the day" - The Express		  
     
  ©Tony Pletts 2010