Mystery Voices and the Millennium Bug
Greg James explores the 麻豆社 Archives. This week: the Millennium Bug, the origins of Paddington Bear, and mystery voices.
Greg James searches through the 麻豆社 Archive to track down audio gems, using listener requests, overlooked anniversaries and current stories to guide the way.
It鈥檚 25 years since the world braced itself for the arrival of the Millennium Bug, so Greg goes off in search of how we managed to escape with our lives 鈥� and toasters 鈥� intact. When midnight strikes, will Peter Snow and The Corrs be swallowed up by the 麻豆社鈥檚 giant Bug Watch screen?
Listener emails to the Rewinder inbox send Greg on the trail of Mystery Voices and Michael Bond, creator of Paddington and finds out how the 麻豆社 tied itself in knots trying to find a real life bear for the lead role.
And in the year when darts prodigy Luke Littler was searched more on Google than the King and Prime Minister, Greg steps up to the oche on board HMS versatile in 1941 as it takes a barrage of German bombs.
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