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File on 4 is a current-affairs radio programme produced by BBC News and broadcast on BBC Radio 4. First broadcast from Manchester in 1977, it is produced in Salford by the BBC's Radio Current Affairs department. It has won more than forty awards, including a gold Sony Radio Award in 2003. [1]

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  1. "File on 4 history". BBC. 1 February 2005. Retrieved 6 June 2012.