Random radio jottings

Saturday, 23 August 2025

Vernon’s Vault

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If you’ve tuned in to Vernon Kay’s Radio 2 show just after 10 am you’ll be familiar with the feature Vernon’s Vault where old radio and tv ...
Saturday, 26 July 2025

The Story of the Light

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On Saturday 28 July 1945 the BBC closed the Allied Expeditionary Forces Programme (AEF) and, at least for domestic listeners, the General Fo...
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Saturday, 19 July 2025

Make Way for Music

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One of the mainstays of the BBC Light Programme were the shows featuring the in-house orchestras, whether it was the Concert Orchestra on Fr...
Friday, 4 July 2025

Notes in her Diary

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For twenty one year millions of radio listeners were enthralled by the revelations, both mundane and sensational, contained within the pages...
Saturday, 14 June 2025

Go Man Go

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Go Man Go was another of those BBC Light Programme lunchtime music shows that proliferated during the 1950s and 1960s. Recorded before a fr...
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Hailing originally from Hull and spending most of my life in East Yorkshire I'm now resident in France. For over 40 years I've been interested in radio, tv and film and have an archive of off-air recordings and radio-related material.
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