From leading breakfast radio star Christian O' Connell comes a brilliant & laugh-out-loud story of an ordinary boy with an extraordinary secret radio show (Broadcast from his shed) Meet Spike aka Radio Boy a new Adrian Mole on the radio for the internet generation Spike's your average awkward 11 year old funny & cheeky & with a mum to reckon with When he becomes the first presenter ever to be sacked from hospital radio he decides to carry on from a makeshift studio in the garden shed with the help of his best friends Artie & Holly disguising his voice & going by the moniker Radio Boy Week by week word gets around & soon Spike is a star if only people knew it was actually him When Spike begins to believe his own hype & goes too far with his mocking of the school headmaster a hunt is launched for the mysterious Radio Boy Can Spike remain anonymous? Will he get to marry the girl of his dreams Katherine Hamilton? Will he become famous & popular? The answer to most of these questions is no ...

Debut sensation Christian O' Connell is back with more hilarious adventures of Spike super-star radio DJ & trouble-prone ordinary kid The World's youngest DJ is still the talk of the town A town that's about to turn against him Radio Boy & his team Artie & Holly are back & continue to broadcast live to the world from Spike's garden shed Then following a shock split from Nan Grandad Ray comes to stay Spike decides to cheer him up by inviting him onto the show He becomes an instant hit with the listeners & Spike keeps him on as a new team member But things get really awkward when Spike realises Grandad Ray only has three stories & keeps telling them over & over again Spike is forced to sack his own Grandad who swears vengeance on his own grandson Grandad Ray is the world's most competitive man & he always plays to win
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New in paperback Driving radio-control cars is an enjoyable hobby & also a competitive sport but the vast range of different types of models now available can prove confusing for those new to the scene This extensively illustrated book starts by providing all the information needed to choose the right model & goes on to present advice on how to build kits as well as driving techniques maintenance modifying set-up & the various different classes of racing Essential reading for those contemplating buying their first model & for those already involved in the scene looking to progress to the next level ...

Radio wave controlled Seconds hand White face with black numerals Case made from Alder wood

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play " Memorable! Triumphant!" -LA Herald-Examiner A "richly nostalgic" (Leonard Maltin) & star-studded portrait of the 1940s Woody Allen&s Radio Days weaves together a young boy&s comical memories with zany stories from the golden age of radio to create a delightful tapestry of heartwarming & hilarious vignettes Expertly rendered & "densely packed with vivid detail" (The New York Times) Radio Days is "one of the loveliest eulogies a filmmaker has ever given to any bygone era" (LA Weekly)! Gripped by wild radio stories about bloody wars & beautiful celebrities 10-year old Joe Needleman longs for adventure & dreams of the day he&ll see enemy spies German subs
- or even his sexy grade-school teacher wearing a smile (and little else) But while Joe&s life is filled with fantasies about radio voices the real people behind the voices have fantasies of their own & as stars rise careers fall & a nation hurtles toward the future only one thing is absolutely certain The days of radio may finally fade… but the magic of Joe&s memories will always endure Actors Mia Farrow Dianne Wiest Tony Roberts Danny Aiello Jeff Daniels Diane Keaton Josh Mostel & Julie Kavner Director Woody Allen Certificate PG Year 1986 Screen Widescreen Languages English German French Italian Spanish
- Dolby Digital (20) Mono Subtitles French ; Italian ; Spanish ; Dutch Duration 1 hour & 28 minutes (approx)

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The Great War is over & change is in the air in this novel that brings to life the exciting days of early British radio & one woman who finds her voice while working alongside the brilliant women & men of the BBCLondon 1926 American-raised Maisie Musgrave is thrilled to land a job as a secretary at the upstart British Broadcasting Corporation whose use of radio-still new strange & electrifying-is captivating the nation But the hectic pace smart young staff & intimidating bosses only add to Maisie's insecurity Soon she is seduced by the work-gaining confidence as she arranges broadcasts by the most famous writers scientists & politicians in Britain She is also caught up in a growing conflict between her two bosses John Reith the formidable Director-General of the BBC & Hilda Matheson the extraordinary director of the hugely popular Talks programming who each have very different visions of what radio should be Under Hilda's tutelage Maisie discovers her talent passion & ambition But when she unearths a shocking conspiracy she & Hilda join forces to make their voices heard both on & off the airand then face the dangerous consequences of telling the truth for a living ...

In the 1970s '80s & '90s Britain witnessed what many in the business saw as the second great age of radio It was a period when FM radio blossomed & local stations opened & broadcast across the land It was a step away from the output of the national broadcaster the BBC which had held a monopoly on the airways since its inception Broadcaster station manager & regulator for over forty years David Lloyd was very much a part of this revolution & is amongst his peers well placed to tell that story Lloyd describes the period as one of innovation his aim to create a timeline of radio of this era through to the present day to capture those heady days the characters the fun & heartache life on the air life off the air & to revisit those station launches company consolidations the successes & the failures Told with the insight of an insider with his characteristic wit & a huge dollop of nostalgia David Lloyd brings to life a unique age in broadcasting in this fascinating account ...

So Alone Rancho Tehama Airport Death of a Queen Sweet Lil Thing These Days Bridges Gypsy Fast Woman Got the Time Before it Burns Stinging ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play One of the first screen outings for Will Hay Hay plays the Director General of the National Broadcasting Group (NBG) who hides away in his office unaware that the general feeling about his programming is that it is too high-brow & the public are not happy However when he discovers this he decides to take action & promotes Jimmy his Head of the Complaints Department to Programme Director Jimmy decides that a series of variety spectaculars are what the public want & sets about hiring the acts But obstacles are put in his way & he discovers that the NBG has its own cluster of wannabe variety stars ...

We can't do without radio However many new forms of mass communication are invented the grandmother of them all remains indispensable From Peru to Jordan it's radio journalists who are often the first & the last to defy censorship & push the boundaries As modern technology multiplies radio's reach Index examines the medium & its messengers Alexei Venediktov gives an exclusive interview on the secret of radio station Ekho Moskvy's survival
- one of the last bastions of free speech in Russia; Joe Queenan reveals why he has no time for talk radio in the US & Shirazuddin Siddiqi on the programme the Taliban couldn't ban
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