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Billy Edwards
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Radio for the BBC, VPR Audio Club. Writer for Buzz Magazine, Record Collector. Big music enthusiast & Doctor Who fan! he/him
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"To get away from all the Apple stuff I'd come here & train with Jedi Master Yoda"
November 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Delia Derbyshire (1937- 2001) UK musician/composer, pioneer of electronic music, working at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop 1960s, she created the arrangement of the theme music for UK science-fiction TV series #DoctorWho
#WomensArt
Monochrome photograph of a white woman standing over a desk with reel to reel recording equipment
November 24, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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It was 62 years ago #OnThisDay in 1963 that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.

Here's a piece I wrote for the History of the BBC website a couple of years ago about how the BBC covered the news.

I'm quite pleased with this one...

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Breaking news - November 1963
BBC History recalls one of the first truly global news stories of the modern multi-media age
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Happy Doctor Who Day!
November 23, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Today I went to the charity shops, so pleased to pick up the Burton & Taylor book
November 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Possibly the greatest thing on the entire Internet
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BeeGees - How Deep Is Your Love - Writing Session 1977
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November 22, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Incredible!

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Geese - Getting Killed | From The Basement
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November 19, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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"They're only the band The Beatles could've been"
November 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Roxy Music round on Mastermind tonight 🚨
November 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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This arrived in the post for me today!
November 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Bought some nice things from the charity shop yesterday
November 1, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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What an album
Queen - Innuendo
October 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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#nowplaying this is superb
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon Live at Wembley 1974
October 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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#nowplaying
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
October 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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3 for £1! Yes please
October 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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New Geese album simply one of the greatest records I have ever heard
September 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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I've heard D Summer's I Feel Love twice on telly in the past few minutes in two different contexts. It will live forever
September 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Remarkable album. Sam Fender - People Watching
September 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Geese at the George Tavern on Tuesday. One of the greatest gigs I have ever attended
September 20, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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St Vincent rocked the Proms!
September 4, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Good chance Taylor goes full Sly Stone and marries on stage
August 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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BBC Radio 2
Sounds of the 70s with Bob Harris

Now Playing
The Beach Boys
Forever
August 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Just read Pitchfork describe Five Leaves Left as "overstuffed". Eh?
August 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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#nowplaying Perfection
The Kinks - Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One
August 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Yeah it is one of the best records ever, isn't it
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
August 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM