Late one evening in 1941, freelance broadcaster Roy Plomley was at his home and already in his pyjamas, when an idea came to him. He sat down and wrote immediately to the BBC. That letter reached the in-tray of the BBC’s Head of Popular Record Programmes, Leslie Perowne. The pitch was successful and a broadcasting institution was born. Plomley’s first castaway was the popular Viennese comedian, actor and musician, Vic Oliver. The latest is Bruce Springsteen.
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