Category Archives: radio

Prof Unwin talks about the Type B Desk

Posted on August 10, 2012 by blogmywiki

I probably should have uploaded this (and a load of other ancient Bush House audio treasure I forgot I had) when all the Bush nostalgia was in full flow a few weeks ago. But I didn’t. This is Stanley Unwin, … Continue reading →

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Green Continuity

Posted on May 11, 2012 by blogmywiki

Green Con was where the main World Service English language network was put on air. The announcer sat on this side, and the Studio Manager sat on the other side of the glass on the right (now a TV studio) … Continue reading →

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Farewell to Bush

Posted on February 29, 2012 by blogmywiki

I had no idea this film was being made until today – Thomas Hannen and Owain Rich have made a beautiful sequence of images using some of the voices I and others recorded for the radio programmes John Tusa and … Continue reading →

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Circus Peanut Butter

Posted on November 6, 2011 by blogmywiki

I’ve been clearing out my locker at work and found many iced gems on reel-to-reel audio tape. Perhaps oddest of all was a reel of American advert jingles from the 60s and 70s that I have no memory of – … Continue reading →

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Lauren Laverne on BBC 6Music

Posted on December 10, 2009 by blogmywiki

This made me laugh out loud. So lovely to have mornings back again on 6Music… sigh. And I had that Holly Johnson in my studio a few weeks ago. I was sitting there playing out most of ‘Two Tribes’ on … Continue reading →

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