11/07/24 - The Great Yorkshire Show
Anna Hill reports from the Great Yorkshire Show near Harrogate. One the agenda is pigs, pigeons and politics!
The 165th Great Yorkshire Show takes place this week just outside Harrogate. There are 35,000 people due to attend on each day and 8,500 livestock entries taking to the show rings.
Anna Hill meets some of the people showing their pigs, learns about different breeds of pigeon and attends the Battle of the Butchers. She also meets the new DEFRA Secretary, Steve Reed - whose attending the show on his first outing since taking on the job.
Presented by Anna Hill
Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Heather Simons
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- Thu 11 Jul 202405:45BBC Radio 4
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