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The Second Tower of Babel

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A ' petrified dreadnought ', a ' profane cathedral ' - such were the descriptions of Broadcasting House when it opened 50 years ago. Inside and out it was a remarkable piece of architecture ... a palace of art deco.
Tonight Wynford Vaughan -Thomas. one of its first famous voices, takes us back in time - down the endless corridors of Broadcasting House in 1932 to investigate the many worlds of sound first created within this tower within a tower ' this Second Tower of Babel
Producer DILLY BARLOW

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Wynford Vaughan
Producer:
Dilly Barlow
Source: Radio Times

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