Thank the Lord

It’s encouraging to know that the BBC was prepared for armageddon:

In the event of all-out nuclear war, the BBC was to distract the nation by broadcasting a mix of music and light entertainment shows, secret papers released by the Home Office reveal.

Hundreds of security-vetted BBC staff and a select band of unnamed radio artistes were to be clandestinely dispatched to transmission sites across the country at the first signs of international tension.

In the event of an attack today by a rogue US president, may I suggest the BBC broadcast this program indefinitely?

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