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- ↑ Presenters are listed in Brian Johnston's book Someone Who Was, London: Methuen, 1992, pp. 27–28
- ↑ Part of the sequence of presenters is taken from the entry on the programme from Paul Donovan The Radio Companion, London: Harper Collins, 1991, p.84
