A couple of weeks ago I noted that the BBC Shop in Norwich had shut down, and it was pointed out to me that all the shops had been closed last year, apart from the one in TV Centre itself – but that’s only really open to BBC staff, and those who are visiting (studio audiences perhaps).
Well I’m pleased to say that at least one shop still survives. I was in Brighton yesterday, and the shop inside the entrance to BBC Southern Counties is still there. I actually felt a bit bad when I left not having bought anything.
I was hoping that you might be able to buy a CD celebrating the history of Radio 4 which turned 40 last September. But I couldn’t see anything, and a trawl of the web doesn’t show anything on-sale except a forthcoming Radio 4: The Constant Companion. But that’s not released until April for some unearthly reason. Would a release of this CD been perhaps more timely last September when the network was celebrating its birthday?