Ballad of John Axon Radio 7

Subject: Ballad of John Axon Radio 7
From: GUEST,Ian
Date: 11 Jun 09 - 10:23 AM

Sat 13th June on BBC radio 7 3 hours devoted to the ballad of John Axon. On first at 10am repeated at 8pm.

Subject: RE: Ballad of John Axon Radio 7
From: wysiwyg
Date: 11 Jun 09 - 10:35 AM

Not to be missed. Not for the faint of heart, either, if it's the one I think it is.

~S~

Subject: RE: Ballad of John Axon Radio 7
From: Rain Dog
Date: 11 Jun 09 - 11:02 AM

Tim Blackmore and Gillian Reynolds celebrate the radical documentary series:
The Ballad of John Axon (02/07/58),
The Travelling People (17/04/64)
and The Song of Steel (13/02/06).

Charles Parker and The Radio Ballad

Subject: RE: Ballad of John Axon Radio 7
From: Rifleman (inactive)
Date: 11 Jun 09 - 11:24 AM

The Charles Parker Archive

Subject: RE: Ballad of John Axon Radio 7
From: GUEST,Ray
Date: 11 Jun 09 - 12:45 PM

I live less than a mile from the place driver John Axon was killed. Sadly, my old friend the actor John Axon, driver John Axon's grandson, died of a heart attack last year at the age of 48. I will be thinking of him if I get to listen to the broadcast.

Unfortunately, the BBC has not seen fit to make the broadcast version of Radio 7 available to the local population - we are due to receive the freeview service in November, a couple of weeks before they turn off the analogue transmitter. Chaos is anticipated!

Ray