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Wednesday, 27 February 2013

Fun at One - Adrian Juste

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It’s what Saturday lunchtimes were made for. For many years filling the 1 to 2 p.m. slot on Radio 1 was an hour of music and comedy pull...
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Tuesday, 12 February 2013

The Viking Invasion – Part 4 – Country Wars

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It was High Noon in Hull. Viking versus Humberside. The battle was over country music presenter Tex Milne. Tex had long been on the ...
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Friday, 1 February 2013

Thin Air

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TV has only rarely used a radio station as a setting for comedy or drama; perhaps it’s not a glamorous enough setting.   Off the top of ...
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Tuesday, 29 January 2013

Happy 70th Birthday Tony Blackburn

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From cheesy purveyor of pop, the golden boy of breakfast to radio’s elder statesman, a recognised national treasure, ...
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Thursday, 10 January 2013

Alasdair Milne 1930-2013

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The former BBC Director-General Alasdair Milne has died this week. The circumstances surrounding his departure from the Corporation in ...
Thursday, 3 January 2013

It’s five o’clock. Time for Sports Report

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When half-past five on Saturday comes round For week-end stimulation will resort To Andrew and Mackay and Sports Report          ...
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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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