Available for a week on the BBC iplayer
And indefinitely on the World Service documentary archive
Sunday Times:
An emblem of what Marina Warner calls “orientalist fantasy”, flying carpets appear more in Hollywood films than the Arabian Nights. But Cathy FitzGerald, the presenter and producer of this enchanting half-hour, maintains a strong sense of magic as she quizzes a St Andrew’s physicist, a Japanese astronaut and a Pakistan-raised engineer [sic] who has chronicled their history. A lovely programme, also aired earlier in the day, that looks down at the prayer mat — and up to the stars.
Paul Donovan
