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The Archive Hour: The Polio Years

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Fifty years ago a vaccination programme began that is estimated to have prevented more than two million cases of polio worldwide. Peter Preston tells the story of scientific rivalry behind the development of the vaccine and the subsequent inoculation programme. Producer Jane Greenwood

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Peter Preston
Producer:
Jane Greenwood
Source: Radio Times

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