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Ep 5: Secrets of the BBC

By: Stephen Fry, John Woolf, Nick Baker
Narrated by: Stephen Fry
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  • This episode uncovers new evidence about how the national broadcaster was founded in 1922 and why British establishment was terrified of the American commercial radio free for all. One January evening in 1926 listeners heard reports of a murderous march in central London, with buildings torched and a cabinet minister murdered. Could they be true?

    Further Reading: This New Noise by Charlotte Higgins
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