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Open the Box
Sara Parker's nostalgic look at the impact of the humble red phone box and the lengths taken to keep them working. From 2000.
Sara Parker meets those for whom the red telephone box is far more than somewhere to place a call.
Set against the relentless 24-hour story of the phone box's life - from late-night revellers calling for cabs to the clean-up teams that scour out the box ready for another day,
Producer: Simon Elmes
First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in January 2000.
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- Wed 13 Aug 2014 06:30麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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