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And now on Radio 4 : a 40th birthday celebration of the world's best radio station / Simon Elmes.

by Elmes, Simon.

BBC Large Print, 2008.

LP 791.440941 E48a

Radio broadcasting -- Great Britain -- History.

9781405648899 (hbk.)

9781405648905 (pbk.)

Large print ed.

xxiv, 432 p. (large print) ; 24 cm.

And Now on Radio 4 offers an enthusiast's guide to the shows that have made Radio 4 what it is, and also explores some of the wonderful corners of the network's history that are long forgotten by all but a few. Who, for instance, now recalls Ronnie Barker's starring role on Radio 4 in a sophisticated cabaret-cum-sketch-show called Lines from My Grandfather's Forehead? Or Spike Milligan's intimate soul-baring account of his upbringing in colonial India in Plain Tales from the Raj? And who now remembers that Start the Week was once hosted by Russell Harty? An addictive mix of history, biography, anecdote and occasional useless fact, this is the perfect book for all Radio 4 aficionados.

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