Another in a very occasional series of rare and unlikely treasures from the BBC Sound Archives.
Part 47: Highlights of the State Visit of His Majesty King George IV to Edinburgh.
First transmitted over 160 years ago, on 15 August 1822, this early Outside Broadcast represents perhaps the peak of Georgian wireless achievement. with the voices of MR JOHN BUICK
MISS GWYNETH GUTHRIE
MR MICHAEL MACKENZIE
MR SANDY NEILSON
MR JOHN SHEDDEN and MR ROBERT TROTTER Contrived by MISS ALISON MCLEAY and the late SIR WALTER SCOTT Producer PATRICK RAYNER BBC Scotland