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Sounds of the 20th Century

Episode 23: 1973

Duration: 57 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 2Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 2

Radio 2's audio journey through five decades reaches 1973. Jeremy Vine introduces a collage of the music, news, people and programmes - as they were heard at the time - without any commentary, analysis, or hindsight.

1973 is the year of The Exorcist, the three-day week, and Watergate. Legal commercial radio arrives in the UK and Mike Oldfield launches a new record label with new musical concept - Tubular Bells. Show less

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