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Radio 4 Extra,21 Jan 2000,30 mins

Open the Box

Available for 19 days

Sara Parker meets those for whom the red telephone box is far more than somewhere to place a call. Set against the relentless 24-hour story of the phone box's life - from late-night revellers calling for cabs to the clean-up teams that scour out the box ready for another day, Producer: Simon Elmes First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2000.

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