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7th November 1979
Roy Hudd, Janet Brown and Chris Emmett review a week’s news events from education cuts to a Chinese state visit. From 1979.
Back to the headline-makers of 1979 – from Margaret Thatcher and James Callaghan to ABBA.
Weekly topical sketch show series which ran for 26 years on BBC Radio 2.
Starring Roy Hudd.
With:
Chris Emmett
Janet Brown
Music by the Nic Rowley Quintet.
Main writers: Andy Hamilton, Laurie Rowley, Terry Ravenscroft, Jeremy Browne and Richard Quick.
Producer: John Lloyd
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in November 1979.
Last on
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