Headlines and Hedgerows: A Memoir Audiobook (Free)

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Within this, his initial memoir, John recounts his childhood, the highpoints and lowpoints of one of the longest engaging careers ever sold, and the people, family and animals in his own life which have shaped it.

Created in Leeds, West Yorkshire, John showed an early curiosity papers when, aged eleven, he wrote the ‘Grimthorpe Street Gazette’: a one-page paper detailing the latest goings-on in his road. It had been a short-lived business, not really least as he only had one about Headlines and Hedgerows: A Memoir duplicate of it (which he billed neighbours a cent to borrow and read). It had been whilst working at the Yorkshire Post that he heard of a new starting at the BBC – a move that was to change his life permanently…

Throughout the 1970s and 80s, John was, to children and parents alike, an agreeable guide towards the big wide world and to adulthood, breaking such news as the Challenger shuttle disaster in 1986 on Newsround. Since then, having provided Countryfile from across the breadth of Britain, John has introduced us towards the people, landscapes and animals which will make it therefore special. He has done for our countryside what Attenborough did around the world, and today we reach hear the story of this nationwide treasure.