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Open the Box

Sara Parker's nostalgic look at the impact of the humble red phone box and the lengths taken to keep them working. From 2000.

Sara Parker meets those for whom the red telephone box is far more than somewhere to place a call.

Set against the relentless 24-hour story of the phone box's life - from late-night revellers calling for cabs to the clean-up teams that scour out the box ready for another day,

Producer: Simon Elmes

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2000.

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 16 Nov 202400:30
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Broadcasts

  • Wed 13 Aug 201406:30
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  • Wed 13 Aug 201413:30
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  • Wed 13 Aug 201420:30
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  • Thu 14 Aug 201402:30
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  • Mon 4 Sep 201706:30
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  • Mon 4 Sep 201713:30
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  • Mon 4 Sep 201720:30
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  • Tue 5 Sep 201701:30
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  • Mon 10 May 202114:30
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  • Tue 11 May 202102:30
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  • Fri 15 Nov 202410:30
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  • Fri 15 Nov 202416:30
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  • Sat 16 Nov 202400:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra