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SEE HEAR - Wednesday 20th May, 1pm Â鶹Éç2

Andy Richards - Vision | 14:36 UK time, Friday, 15 May 2009

OnÌýour nextÌýprogramme, we revisit the GallowayWildlifePark near Dumfries in Scotland, which is the UK's first and only Deaf-owned wildlife park. Owner John Denerley is a lifelong animal-lover, and had always had ambitions to operate his own park. His 27-acre property is now home to 150 animals - including lynxes, peacocks and a maned wolf - and attracts around 30,000 visitors each year. John speaks to See Hear about how he set up the Park, and his fears about how swine flu might affect the business. He also explains how a pair of red pandas escaped from their enclosure earlier this year, and how one of them is still at large!

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Also this week, Radha chairs another Cultural Review, discussing the latest developments in Deaf Theatre. She is joined by top Deaf actress and cabaret performer Caroline Parker, and Steven Webb, the Artistic Director of DRoots Theatre. They discuss the merits of captioning and interpreted theatre, as well as roles for Deaf actors in mainstream theatre and Deafway's latest production 'Shadow'. They also examine the work of Deafinately Theatre, a Deaf-led theatre company that uses BSL as its primary language onstage.

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Memnos also presents another instalment of his 'Stories Behind the Signs', discussing the range of signs used for city names in the UK.

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To watch this programme on the iPlayer, click here. If you want to have subtitles, just press the 's' on the right-hand side of the bottom bar that appears after you have pressed play.

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