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World Service,20 Sep 1996,27 mins

Marconi: The Man who Shrank the Globe

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'The birth of the wireless'. Profile of radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi, with contributions from his daughter Degna Marconi, second wife Maria and radio specialist Dexter Smith.

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