BBC Documentary - 'When Pirates Ruled the Waves'

There is another chance to hear the documentary on
off-shore radio 'When Pirates Ruled the Waves' by Paul Rowley on BBC local radio stations during the Christmas holidays.

Paul writes:

Just to let you know my documentary "When Pirates Ruled the Waves" is being broadcast again over Christmas and the New Year. The hour-long documentary commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Marine Offences Act, and was
originally broadcast on 20 BBC Local Radio stations over the August Bank Holiday. Some are repeating it over Christmas, others are taking it for the first time.

It includes interviews with Ronan O'Rahilly, Johnnie Walker, Tony Blackburn, Kenny Everett, Roger Day, Ed Stewart, Tom Edwards, Keith Skues, Ray Teret, Martin Kayne, Dave Williams, Alan Turner, Graham Webb, Roger Gale, Jack McLaughlin, Screaming Lord Sutch, Tony Benn, George Saunders, and Gary Leeds of the Walker Brothers.

For those who can't pick up the stations, all BBC Locals have
the 'listen live' facility on the internet.

Listeners across the BBC South region will be able to hear it on Christmas Day at 1800, during the excellent Roger Day Show .

CHRISTMAS EVE MONDAY DECEMBER 24
BBC RADIO OXFORD - 1700

CHRISTMAS DAY TUESDAY DECEMBER 25
BBC COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE - 1800
BBC RADIO KENT - 1800
BBC RADIO BERKSHIRE - 1800
BBC RADIO SOLENT - 1800
BBC SOUTHERN COUNTIES RADIO - 1800
BBC RADIO OXFORD - 1800
(*** THIS WILL BE BROADCAST ACROSS THE BBC SOUTH REGION AS PART OF THE ROGER DAY SHOW)

BOXING DAY WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 26
BBC RADIO NORFOLK - 1800

THURSDAY DECEMBER 27
BBC RADIO DEVON - 1600

FRIDAY DECEMBER 28
BBC RADIO LEICESTER - 1600

SUNDAY DECEMBER 30
BBC RADIO YORK - 1700

NEW YEAR'S EVE MONDAY DECEMBER 31
BBC RADIO CAMBRIDGE - 1800
BBC RADIO JERSEY - 1800
BBC RADIO LEICESTER - 1800

NEW YEAR'S DAY TUESDAY JANUARY 1
BBC RADIO SOLENT - 1230
BBC RADIO KENT - 1300
BBC RADIO HUMBERSIDE - 1900

PLUS :

KENNY EVERETT : THE BBC LOCAL RADIO YEARS.

My Sony nominated documentary 'Kenny Everett : The BBC Local Radio Years', which was first broadcast at Christmas 2001, will also be carried on the following stations over the festive period. It means that every BBC Local Radio station will have carried the programme, so the set is complete. So thank you.

BROADCAST TIMES

CHRISTMAS EVE - MONDAY DECEMBER 24
RADIO NORTHAMPTON - 1200

NEW YEAR'S EVE MONDAY DECEMBER 31
RADIO LEICESTER - 1300

Thanks
Paul Rowley
BBC Political Correspondent

BBC Local Radio stations in England