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  The British Broadcasting Century podcast bbcentury.bsky.social · 19h
  Today, I’m at BBC Broadcasting House, with King George V’s mic. Tomorrow, I’ll be in Leicester, performing ‘Four Monarchs & A Mic: The BBC’s Royal Engineer’ - the tale of the man who put it on air, OB Engineer Robert Wood. Good to bring his book back to visit his 94-year-old microphone.
  
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  The British Broadcasting Century podcast bbcentury.bsky.social · Feb 5
  "The fleet's lit up..." Tommy Woodrooffe's drunken BBC commentary + behind-the-scenes panic from engineer RH Wood (20 May 1937). For a podcast on this, see ep113: podfollow.com/bbcentury For a live show, see Four Monarchs and a Mic at Leicester Comedy Festival, 7 Feb 2026: paulkerensa.com/tour
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  The British Broadcasting Century podcast bbcentury.bsky.social · Feb 4
  Ep 113 of The British Broadcasting Century Podcast is here! The history of Radio Caroline/pirate radio with Ray Clark, author of Radio Caroline: The True Story of the Boat that Rocked. Plus the drunken commentary of Tommy Woodroffe ("The fleet's lit up!") Enjoy! bbcentury.podbean.com/e/113-radio-...

  #113 Radio Caroline and The Fleet's Lit Up | The British Broadcasting Century with Paul Kerensa

  This special episode jumps out of our usual chronological retelling of British broadcasting's back-story, for the tale of pirate radio, especially Radio Caroline, courtesy of broadcaster, author and r...

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