Dear Radio Four,
For many years I had just assumed that the bongs on the midnight news were live. Then one day some months ago, I considered the impractical logistics of maintaining a lone dusty microphone in Saint Stephen’s tower and almost convinced myself that therefore the programme must use a tape.
But as I faced that possibility, I felt a little like a small child being told Santa Claus wasn’t real. Worse still, the conundrum troubles my sleep every night. So please can you tell me if the midnight bongs are real or recorded?
Many thanks,
Caspar Addyman
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