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Box 39

Guppy Productions

"Box 39" is the long-running and unique magazine radio show, originally broadcast on Colne Radio in North East Essex, UK. Fresh, innovative and unexpected, and blending gorgeous music, features, chat and banter, its a show based in the heart of our local, national and international community. What will come out of Box 39 next?

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episode 147 – THE NORTH SEA FLOOD OF 1953 with...

Box 39 ·

2023/10/13

Amidst astonishing tales of disaster, ordeal and humanity across East Anglia, Jonathan’s big secret is out, and Mike’s strictly cash only. Antoine speaks for his socks, and Venetia Tardy-Bint speaks from God... It’s the usual live studio chaos, of course. And with great music too. With Bill Lawrance, Adrian Coen, Yvonne Pini, Mike Harwood and Jonathan Pearsall

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01:00:00

episode 146 – JUGGLING LIFE with Jill Ball & Toni Peers

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2023/09/29

It's all change in the studio this week as Jill, Toni and Yvonne do the heavy lifting whilst Bill & Adrian do very little indeed for their executive fees. As modern life becomes more complex and confusing, so does juggling our roles. How can we survive? Just ask Barbie…. With Bill Lawrance, Jill Ball, Toni Peers & Yvonne Pini.

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01:02:58

episode 145 - CYPRUS with Sue Beer

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2023/09/14

Live, from the studios of Sunshine FunTime FM, in Nicosia, Cyprus, Box 39 investigates the magical mixture of traditional and modern life on this remarkable island. Guest presenter Sue Beer joins regulars Bill and Adrian to examine this beautiful yet complex Mediterranean tourist attraction, and uncover the secrets of the people and the places that only their Senior Presenters expense accounts can allow… With Bill Lawrance, Adrian Coen and Sue Beer

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01:00:00

episode 144 – JEOPARDY with Bob May

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2023/09/01

There’s peril, risk and electric shocks in the Studio, as Bob is tested to his very limits – will his supreme knowledge of Telephone Poles help him to avoid the consequences? It’s a live show, and with listeners choosing what happens next, anything can happen… With Bill Lawrance, Adrian Coen & Bob May

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episode 143 – THE FREE REPUBLIC OF WIVENHOE with...

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2023/08/18

Comrades, it’s Revolution! Wivenhoe has declared itself as an independent state, no longer in the UK. From the roadblocks at the Co-op comes the new President Martin Newell in some serious epaulettes and a pointy hat. Announcing 5 edicts for the citizens, playing great music, and declaring a new national anthem, it’s a critical moment in Wivenhoe’s history. And Box 39, Official Broadcaster of the Revolution, proudly brings you every moment of the uprising, as it happens … With Bill Lawrance,

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01:00:01

episode 142 - SAVING BILLERICAY with Bill Lawrance &...

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2023/08/03

The beautiful Essex town of Billericay is in danger from an ancient historical curse, and time is running out. Box 39 is on a mission to save the town - with the help of listeners, the Colne Radio Sports Car, some great music and a reasonable lunch expenses budget. A unique and remarkable radio adventure, that could just save Billericay… With Bill Lawrance & Adrian Coen

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episode 141 – ADRIAN STEPS UP with Adrian Coen

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2023/07/20

While Bill’s away, Adrian steps up and takes charge. Always unappreciated, overlooked and in Bill’s shadow - until now. Can Adrian sit in the Senior Presenter’s Chair? Or is it rigged against him? With all the Great Colne Radio Senior Presenters, and Great music too With Adrian Coen

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01:00:00

episode 140 – CATS with Izzy Lawrance

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2023/07/06

Our Box 39 investigation into our furry feline friends reveals how important Cats are to us all. Scrutinising cat fishing, Tom and Jerry, wildcats and the physics of licking ones own fur, this is a joyous exploration of the purring, meowing world of Cats. And with great music too. With Bill Lawrance, Adrian Coen and Isobel Lawrance

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01:00:00

episode 139 – NOTHING IS AS GOOD AS THEY SAY IT IS...

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2023/06/23

Live from Studio One, we examine some notable failures, setbacks and letdowns. With our most exciting competition ever, a Big Sue oboe solo that defies description, the shocking truth about ‘Luton Late Afternoon Fun Time’, and lashings of snake oil. With Bill Lawrance, Adrian Coen and David Nash

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episode 138 - ON THE ROAD with Bill Lawrance

Box 39 ·

2023/06/08

Bill is on the road and out of the Studio, driving the Colne Radio company sports car around the country, as he investigates the secrets of our street and highwys, our lanes and motorways - and with great music, of course. with Bill Lawrance

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episode 137 - THE AWESOME AWARDS with Craig Barker

Box 39 ·

2023/05/26

These are the Awards that really matter. Better than 'Stanway FM'. Stronger than 'Clacton South Sounds'. And more adequate than 'Your Accountancy Radio' We may be controversial. We may be exciting, glamorous and dazzling. We may be why radio was invented... with Bill Lawrance, Adrian Coen and Craig Barker.

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episode 136 – EAST ANGLIA’S SECRET HISTORY with...

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2023/05/13

Historian Jonathan Pearsall is live in the studio as we uncover secrets from East Anglia’s 20th century wartime past. But Mike Harwood’s gone missing, Adrian sounds familiar and Bill’s got Sue Pollard on his mind. Even Jonathan has secrets to be revealed… With great music too with Bill Lawrance, Adrian Coen and Jonathan Pearsall

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episode 135 – ERNEST MALLORY: Wivenhoe’s Lost Genius

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2023/04/27

Some are called Genius from the start. But though he is in the GCSE Poetry Anthology, Mallory remains unrecognised. This is his remarkable story that has remained ball-achingly untold for the last 75 years… this is ERNEST MALLORY, WIVENHOE’S LOST GENIUS with Bill Lawrance, Adrian Coen, Venetia Tardy-Bint and Kath Kershaw.

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episode 134 – TRISTAN DA CUNHA with Bill Lawrance

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2023/04/20

This is Tristan da Cunha, the world’s most remote inhabited island. Unique. Beautiful. Shocking. And strangely very British. The island at the end of the world. With Bill Lawrance

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01:00:00

episode 133 – THE END OF THE PIER SHOW with Mike Harwood

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2023/04/07

There are 56 of them and can stick out half a mile – like barnacle clad phallic erections saturated in salt water. They are of course the pleasure piers that we find all around our coasts. Are they as relevant in our post millennial digital world of Apps today as they have been in their Victorian and Edwardian heydays of glamour and excitement when their priapic presence drew crowds of excited holiday makers to the seaside in search of excitement like a soft and stout banana draws a swarm of

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episode 132 – ADE INVESTIGATES HIMSELF with Adrian Coen

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2023/03/23

Aged 28 and over a period of 21 months Ade was in Indonesia and did not set foot in Britain, a country he had never spent any more than 4 weeks away from up until that point. Examining this fledgling expatriate through the prism of the western rock and pop music that he listened to during those 21 months - none of which, for Ade, evokes any associations with Britain at all – reveals an original soundtrack of exceptional music and extraordinary recollections. With Adrian Coen

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01:00:00

episode 131 – OBSOLETE with Bill Lawrance

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2023/03/11

with Bob May throwing a sickie, and show plans redundant, Bill and Ade turn to the theme of OBSOLETE. Relying on out-of-date tech, wearing unfashionable flares and bouncing round the studio on unlicensed space hoppers, can they survive the wrath and fury of the Wivenhoe Arcane Wordage & Quite Literal Vocabularists Society….? With Bill Lawrance & Adrian Coen

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episode 130 – THE END OF THE WORLD PART 2 with Simon...

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2023/01/06

The bad news is that the world is going to end. But the good news is probably not anytime soon. North East Essex’s most infamous scrutinisers of the cultural nosebleeds of modern life examine potential sources of Armageddon, helped by Nostradamus, the prophet hen of Leeds, a death clock online predictor, and some sexy robots that can surf. And with great music too. With Bill Lawrance, Simon Grinham & Bob May

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episode 129 - A VERY MERRY WORLD CUP with Craig...

Box 39 ·

2022/12/24

We look back on the highs and lows, the controversies and the debates, of a very special World Cup tournament. With a new house band live in the studio, and the rare and exclusive appearance of Statto, it’s a very happy World Cup for us all. Plus great music of course. With Bill Lawrance, Adrian Coen, Craig Barker, Iain Tallentire & Mike Harwood

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episode 128 - SPACEMAN with DAVID NASH

Box 39 ·

2022/12/09

Live from Mission Control at The Space Centre, expert David Nash joins Bill as he prepares to become the first Radio Presenter in Space. It’s a tense last few minutes before lift-off to the International Space Station. Bill’s got his space suit, a badge, and his ticket. What could possibly go wrong…? With Bill Lawrance, Adrian Coen & David Nash

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