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Bong! The Condensed History of Big Ben
Adam Long celebrates The Great Clock of the Palace of Westminster. With Simon Jermond and Giles Terera. From 2009.
Big Ben's Bongs were first heard on 主播大秀 Radio on 17th February 1924.
Adam Long, co-founder of the Reduced Shakespeare Company, and his two friends Simon Jermond and Giles Terera, celebrate the Great Clock of the Palace of Westminster and takes a whirlwind musical tour of all things Ben.
It is a story of arduous neo-Gothic design, bells that kept cracking and the invention of something called a double three-legged gravity escapement mechanism.
Originally broadcast to celebrate 150 years of almost continuous time telling by Big Ben.
Producers: Mandy Baker & Giles Terera
First broadcast on 主播大秀 Radio 4 in June 2009.
Last on
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- Wed 3 Jun 2009 20:45主播大秀 Radio 4
- Sun 7 Jun 2009 05:45主播大秀 Radio 4
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