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#081 The Pips at 100! A Brief History of Time at the BBC
Pip pip pip pip pip piiiiiiiiip!
Is that the time? It must be 100 years (to the day, as I release this episode) since six baby pips were born onto the airwaves.
As the Greenwich Time Signal - aka The Pips - turns 100, we look back at their origin story, thanks to horologist Frank Hope-Jones and also his overlooked contribution to broadcasting itself.
Plus Big Ben's bongs, heard by Manchester listeners days before London's listeners. We explain how... but also why Manchester's time signal was often a little approximate, thanks to too many double doors.
SHOWNOTES:
Original music by Will Farmer…
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