Meet the guv'nor: BBC's first newsreader, children's presenter, actor, Head of Programmes... but before all that Arthur Burrows was one of broadcasting's lone prophets, convincing journalists, ministers and future listeners-in that mass entertainment from a small box was A Good Thing.

Plus we exclusively hear from a pirate radio legend. Emperor Rosko tells us his journey from naval ship DJ to Radio Caroline, Radio Luxembourg and the first line-up of BBC Radio 1.

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#005 Arthur Burrows: 1920's All-Request Pirate (with Emperor Rosko)

The British Broadcasting Century with Paul Kerensa

#005 Arthur Burrows: 1920's All-Request Pirate (with Emperor Rosko)