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On the Bedpost Overnight

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

The Story of Chewing Gum and Bubble Gum
Nick Baker presents a musical history of mass production and mastication.
Sophocles did it to calm his nerves, so did Tom Sawyer. But were it not for the Battle of the Alamo, Lonnie Donegan would be a poorer man today*.
Producer Fiona Couper. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Baker
Unknown:
Tom Sawyer.
Unknown:
Lonnie Donegan
Producer:
Fiona Couper.
Source: Radio Times

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