Pirates of the Airwaves

Bert Bridges tell us how he got into pirate radio because of some builders from Cornwall while living in a bedsit in Ilford and being busted well after the broadcast. We also learn about his archive project for unlicenced radio stations starting in 1896.

What is Pirates of the Airwaves?

Mark Wakely chats to some of the people involved in the land based pirate radio world of the 1970's and 1980's in the UK.