5: This Is 2 Emma Tock Writtle Calling. Peter Eckersley , the BBC's first Chief Engineer, pioneered advances that helped transform British radio from a local curiosity to a national passion, all in six years. By 1929, the wireless had made him famous. Then scandal forced him to quit. He was only 35. A new career in commercial radio took him into the fringes of European politics, which could be dangerous in the 1930s.
Derek Robinson talks to family and friends of an idealist and bon viveur. Producer Bella Bannerman