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Author and adventurer Bruce Chatwin was one of the 20th Century’s most charismatic writers. His first book, In Patagonia, changed the face of travel writing and made him a literary sensation. Collected here are dramatisations and readings of some of his best-known work, as well as a bonus programme shedding light on his relationships and writing.

In 1933, Robert Byron set off from Venice with his friend Christopher Sykes to explore the architecture of the Middle East. Their long and arduous journey took them from Cyprus and Jerusalem to Syria, Iraq, Persia, Afghanistan, and finally, Oxiana, a tiny country around the river Oxus, which snakes down from Russia into Afghanistan. They travel by any means necessary (truck, camel, horses, and foot), and encounter several setbacks, but their risks are rewarded as they encounter some of the greatest examples of Eastern art and architecture, many of which have now vanished forever.

Nie ohne ein Moleskine-Heft trat Bruce Chatwin seine Reisen an, die ihn ab 1962 nach Asien, Osteuropa, Westafrika, Lateinamerika und Australien führten. In seinem Buch "Traumpfade" ist er den gleichnamigen mythischen Wegen auf der Spur, die den australischen Kontinent durchziehen und entlang derer die Ahnen der Ureinwohner wanderten. Sein Roman, der 1987 veröffentlicht wurde, ist durchzogen von beeindruckenden Landschaftsbeschreibungen und Erlebnissen, die Chatwin auf der Reise in sein Notizheft notierte. Gert Heidenreich gibt diesem literarischen Nomaden eine authentische Stimme.