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1973: Post Office Beeper

1973: Post Office Beeper

Report on the post office's latest gizmo - the pocket radio pager. Your days of being unreachable are at an end.

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BBC Archive: Originally broadcast 16 January 1973.

  • Published
    19 June 2024
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