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‘Such experience, wisdom and education are unlikely ever again to combine in one journalist’
Mark Lawson
Alistair Cooke was radio’s great observer, the doyen of foreign correspondents and the world’s most famous letter writer From 1946 until 2004. he explained the Americans to the British through his weekly Letter From America, the longest-running one-man series In broadcasting [...]

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Four Classic Episodes of Nautical Mayhem on Board HMS Troutbridge.
The First Episode
Having Their Fun
The Fairground Lights
The Whittlesea Carnival and Fete
All at sea in the Senior Service were Stephen Murray’s Number One, Petty Officer Jon Pertwee and silly-ass Sub-Lieutenant Leslie Phillips and the constanly bemused Stephen Murray as “Number One”. Below decks Ronnie Barker was just [...]

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Put That Light Out
Sergeant Save My Boy
Uninvited Guests
Fallen Idol
From the annals of wartime Britain come four brilliantly funny episodes with Captain Mainwaring’s fully trained Home Guard platoon, ever ready to strike terror into the heart of the Wehrmacht from their unit in Walmington-on-Sea. Always prepared to fight to the finish, this endearing team of characters [...]

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The Goon Show was a popular and influential British radio comedy programme, originally produced and broadcast by the BBC from 1951 to 1960 on the BBC Home Service.
It was heard in the United States as early as the mid-1950s when it was carried on NBC.
The scripts mixed ludicrous plots with surreal humour, puns, catchphrases [...]

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Old Time Radio Shows
The Golden Age of Radio, as it is often referred to is an affectionate term for the old time radio shows that were broadcast through the 1930s, 40s and 50s. Before the invention of television, families would huddle round the wireless set to hear their favorite comedy and dramatic programs.
Most households had [...]

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