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The Chris Evans Breakfast Show: Big Ben Will Chime Again!

24/07/2012

Big Ben Will Chime Again!

BBC Radio 2 - The Chris Evans Breakfast Show, Big Ben Will Chime Again!

Chris meets Mike McCann, who will be chiming Big Ben at 8:12am on Friday.

The chimes of Big Ben will be manually rung for the first time since 1952 at 8:12am on Friday. Plus, Chris hears from the man with the biggest hovercraft collection in the world.

The chimes of Big Ben will be manually rung at 8:12am on Friday for the Olympics Opening Ceremony, and it'll be the first time since 1952. We speak to the man who's going to be ringing them, Boss Of The Bells, Mr Mike McCann.

This week marks the 50th anniversary of the first passenger hovercraft flight, and we meet Warwick Jacobs who owns the World's largest collection of the virtuoso vehicles.

Team GB's judo hopeful Euan Burton gives us a history lesson.

And 10 year old Alex Courtney from South Wales tells us about going on an arts camp for the first time.

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