FACTUAL
Hospital Radio
Saturday 19 November 2005 20:00-21:00 (Radio 4 FM)
Hospital Radio is a national institution in Britain. From football commentaries to the hit parade, the patients' bedside speaker has become their therapeutic friend. Plus, it's done wonders for many a budding presenter too: Simon Mayo, Philip Schofield and Ken Bruce all cut their teeth at the hospital radio microphone.
In this Archive Hour programme, former volunteer and current Radio 4 presenter Carolyn Quinn traces hospital broadcasting's people and history, and assesses the future of this medicine for the ears.
