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Memorable radio moments to mark 90 years of BBC radio.
1930: No News Today
On 18 April the BBC decided there was nothing newsworthy, so broadcast piano music instead
1939: The Classic Soil
Friedrich Engels, Joan Littlewood and working class voices from Manchester and Salford.
1975: Order, Order
Ken Clarke revisits the start of Parliamentary radio & the fear it would change the House.
1984: The Assassination of Indira Gandhi
Hardeep Singh Kohli remembers hearing Mark Tully break the news of Indira Gandhi's death.
1987: Stormy Weather
The power is out in Broadcasting House. It's torchlight and typewriters for Sue MacGregor.
2000: Millennium Bug
Brian Roberts prepared BBC radio for the Millennium, and "the end of the world"...
2001: Who is The Rabbit?
Najiba Kasraee reveals how a children's radio character captivated a Taliban Commander.
2007: Captive
BBC journalist & Gaza hostage Alan Johnston reveals the radio message that kept him going.
