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BBC 6Music infiltrates The Archers
Anyone else hear this? Last night's episode of The Archers was suddenly interrupted by The Undertones' Wednesday Week, a jingle for 6Music and part of another tune I didn't recognise. At first, as I was driving through south Tottenham, I thought it was one of the regular pirate station flashes - but those usually go something like 'Boom chik chikki-chikki boom bap HEAR ME NOW!' 'ooh, that Linda Snell thinks she's the Queen of Sheba, doesn't she, Mrs Antrobus?'
Total flash time about two minutes. Bit of a shock, as 6Music's only available on digital and my car's not DAB-equipped. Charlotte Green apologised for the interruption, 'due to a technical problem'.
I did wonder whether this was part of some aural terrorism campaign, designed to disquiet middle-England's masses and bring attention to the Save 6Music movement.
And here it is...
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