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40th Anniversary Special

40th Anniversary Special: As Radio 3 celebrates 40 years of broadcasting, Tom Service listens back and investigates how the station has reacted to the outside world and vice-versa.

40th Anniversary Special

As Radio 3 celebrates 40 years of broadcasting, Tom Service listens back over the decades and investigates how the station has reacted to the outside world and vice-versa. With contributions from Nicholas Kenyon, Harrison Birtwistle, Lord Asa Briggs, Robert Ponsonby and Georgina Born.

45 minutes

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Sat 6 Oct 2007 12:15

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  • Sat 6 Oct 2007 12:15

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