The BBC dismantles Steve Wright, the World Service, and the Prime Minister

James Cridland - radio futurologist by James Cridland

Episode notes

I never listened much to Steve Wright In The Afternoon when he was on Radio 1. The show coincided with afternoon classes (if you went to a fancy boarding school). But when I did occasionally dip into it, it was full of characters, fun and excitement.

Ahead of his final show later today, Geoff Jein has shared some of the secrets of the show that he worked on for a while.

Steve Wright was the stuff of legends: and when the beers flowed and someone from Radio 2 was present, inevitably the stories would flow. Not all of those stories were positive, it should be acknowledged; but “Steve Wright” was a shared piece of all of our childhood and, for many of ... 

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