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'Gale Warning'

National Programme
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An Every-day Drama in Sound
Coastguard Station ... Boat Train ...
Ocean Liner.... Night Express ... Airport.... Thames Embankment.... North Road ... Ambulance ... London Docks
To most listeners a gale warning is little more than an interruption of the broadcast programme, but to thousands of workers it is a danger signal. This broadcast sets out the contrast and points it with actual ' sound-shots ' of the men and machines that carry on essential services in the teeth of the gale.
Devised by GERALD Noxon
Produced by LAURENCE GILLIAM
See the ' Background to the Broadcast by Laurence Gilliam , on page 3-

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Produced By:
Laurence Gilliam
Unknown:
Laurence Gilliam
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National Programme is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 9th March 1930 and ended on the 9th September 1939. It was replaced by BBC Home Service.

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