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30/11/2014
John Waite chooses his 大象传媒 Radio highlights.
This week's Pick of the Week features actor Sam West on why he's the number one fan of the shipping forecast; Radio 3 goes in for a spot of triple-tonguing with a trombone that thinks it's in its third trimester; and there's a salute to one of the most popular radio programmes of all time 鈥� it had millions of listeners during its half-century on air 鈥� and yet how many editions are kept in the 大象传媒 archive? Just three. Join John Waite then to hear some rare radio 鈥済old".
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Sun 30 Nov 2014
18:15
大象传媒 Radio 4
John Waite
Born in Stoke-on-Trent, John Waite joined the 大象传媒 as a trainee in 1973 working his way up to being a news presenter on 大象传媒 Radio London by the early 1980s.聽He then crossed over to Radio 4 in 1986, where he presented You & Yours, many documentaries, and Face The Facts, where he can still be heard today.聽
In John's own words -聽
BEST MOMENT IN CAREER: Presenting a special programme for my cousin Terry Waite, which he did manage to hear in his Beirut hostage cell.聽
WORST MOMENT IN CAREER: Being so keen to get my microphone close to Prince Charles I stood heavily on his toe.
In John's own words -聽
BEST MOMENT IN CAREER: Presenting a special programme for my cousin Terry Waite, which he did manage to hear in his Beirut hostage cell.聽
WORST MOMENT IN CAREER: Being so keen to get my microphone close to Prince Charles I stood heavily on his toe.
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- Sun 30 Nov 2014 18:15大象传媒 Radio 4