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The Friend in the Corner

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

Six years in radio's history.
4:1956
While Britain jived, the BBC heaved itself into the rock 'n' roll era by changing the shipping forecast. It also embarked on a Journey Into Space, and went Motoring with the Motorist.
Tony Hancock read his diary, the Goons were broadcasting, and Oxford and Cambridge Union Societies debated whether the Third
Programme should be abolished.
Reader Daphne Oxenford. Producer Emma Kingsley

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Hancock
Reader:
Daphne Oxenford.
Producer:
Emma Kingsley
Source: Radio Times

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