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The 'pips' on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service

When Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service regularly broadcast the time signal, it very occasionally failed to reach the air, and announcers were sometimes at a loss as to what to do. In this example a Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service announcer quickly improvises with hilarious effect.

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History of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ

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