Episodes
| First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 20090531 | 20240224/25 (BBC7) | Big Ben's Bongs were first heard on BBC Radio on 17th February 1924. Adam Long, co-founder of the Reduced Shakespeare Company, and his two friends Simon Jermond and Giles Terera, celebrate the Great Clock of the Palace of Westminster and takes a whirlwind musical tour of all things Ben. It is a story of arduous neo-Gothic design, bells that kept cracking and the invention of something called a double three-legged gravity escapement mechanism. Originally broadcast to celebrate 150 years of almost continuous time telling by Big Ben. Producers: Mandy Baker & Giles Terera First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2009. Adam Long celebrates The Great Clock of the Palace of Westminster. Adam Long celebrates The Great Clock of the Palace of Westminster. With Simon Jermond and Giles Terera. From 2009. |
| 20090603 | 20090607 (R4) | The Great Clock of the Palace of Westminster is celebrating 150 years of almost continuous time telling. To mark the occasion Adam Long, co-founder of the Reduced Shakespeare Company, and his two friends Simon Jermond and Giles Terera, take a whirlwind musical tour of all things Ben. It is a story of arduous neo-Gothic design, bells that kept cracking and the invention of something called a double three-legged gravity escapement mechanism. Adam Long celebrates The Great Clock, as it reaches 150 years of time telling. |