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One of Britain's longest-running radio series which started in 1946 and ran for decades.

One of Britain's longest-running radio series which started in 1946 and ran for decades, attracting 10 million listeners a week at its peak.

Down Your Way: Hugh Scully in Plymouth

26/11/2016

Hugh Scully in Plymouth

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Down Your Way, Hugh Scully in Plymouth

Hugh Scully on the part that Drake, Napoleon and Hitler played in Plymouth's history.

4 Extra Debut. Hugh Scully visits Plymouth and reflects on the part that Drake, Napoleon and Hitler played in the city's history. From December 1991.

Hugh Scully returns to Plymouth - the Devon city where he began his career as a BBC TV presenter - to reflect on the roles Francis Drake, Napoleon Bonaparte and Adolf Hitler played in the city's fascinating history.

Down Your Way was one of the BBC's longest-running radio series - starting on the BBC Home Service in 1946 and ending its run on BBC Radio 4 in 1992. Using a variety of hosts, including Richard Dimbleby and Brian Johnston, the programme toured villages, towns and cities across the UK. At the height of its success in the 1950s, the series was attracting 10 million listeners a week.

Hugh Scully (1943-2015) was best known for presenting the BBC's Antiques Roadshow from 1981 to 2000. But he originally started in radio, before moving to TV for BBC South West's news programme Spotlight in 1965, which earned him his big break on BBC1's popular teatime news show Nationwide.

Producer: Anthony Smith 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1991.

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