Friday 9 July 2021

The First Pirate


THE FIRST PIRATE (320kbs-m4a/65mb/28mins)

BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 25th February 2021

Presenter Les Woodland tells the story of Captain Leonard Frank Plugge, the founder of Radio Normandie, which competed so successfully with the early BBC that Lord Reith was forced to compromise his principles and broadcast dance music on a Sunday.

Producer: Brian King

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2000.

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