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14/07/2012

'I'll be remembered as the second man to swear on the BBC.' Listener Sir Peregrine Worsthorne's mum tamed Lord Reith's temper, his dad ran the Bank of England, and he swore on TV.

"I'll be remembered as the second man to swear on the BBC." Listener Sir Peregrine Worsthorne remembers how his mother tamed Lord Reith's foul temper; how his father ran the Bank of England with little understanding of economics; and how he himself created a scandal by using a four-letter world on the BBC. Also, Charlotte Green reads Your News. With Eddie Mair. [email protected].

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