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The Announcers: Stuart Hibberd

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In the first of two programmes Roger Clark talks to the former Chief Announcer, Stuart Hibberd, who joined the BBC on its second birthday in 1924. He recalls Bernard Shaw, the General Strike, Churchill's antagonism to the BBC, and John Reith and G.K. Chesterton. Stuart also talks about the early days at Savoy Hill when there were rats and a flying bat in the studios and the BBC was forced off the air by a mouse.

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Presenter:
Roger Clark
Subject:
Stuart Hibberd
Source: Radio Times

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