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Archive Hour: The Escape Factory

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

British prisoners during the Second World War had a remarkable ally in the shape of MI9. Presenter Stephen Dalziel investigates the organisation whose job it was to smuggle information and devices into camps, thereby ensuring the success of some of the most daring escape stories ever and providing the inspiration for Ian Fleming's character Q in the James Bond series.
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Presenter:
Stephen Dalziel
Producer:
Pamela Rutherford
Source: Radio Times

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