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Nation on film, Local radio at 40, produced & directed by Lucy Pickersgill & Richard Taylor

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Nation on film

produced & directed by Lucy Pickersgill & Richard Taylor

Local radio at 40

Looks back at 40 years of local radio in Britain. Launched on a shoestring budget, it was a new kind of broadcasting, but inside and outside the BBC there were powerful enemies who wanted it to fail. To some, local radio was a joke, but for others it was a vital link with listeners. Kate Adie and Desmond Lynam, who got their first break at the launch of the new stations, are among those who recall the chaos and excitement of the early days

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