It's the sort of simple unadorned program which the Beeb does best. People who are comfortable in each other's company totally relaxed, remembering events and situations father to daughter, mother to son, grandchild to grandparent which they remember with special affection.
The program is called 'The Listening Program' and it's a gem as it highlights the intimacy of the family. It's the most un-contrived program on the airwaves, every story is fresh with the power of speech, often enriched with accent, always with some pathos mixed with simple joy. It's a comfort to hear these memories as fresh today as when they happened, each speaker an expert in this private domain of sentiment and love.
It's especially poignant when the youngster, have watched a parent, an uncle or aunt now reveals the unfolding learning experience they learnt back then. What they saw became today's knowledge in its simplest form, transporting them back to when the parent had such mystery. When Mom or Dad were endowed with such wisdom.
With the passage of years the roles have changed but love and respect have replaced the one dimensional parent child relationship with a meeting of ways.
Adults with time for each other.❤️️
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