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Title: Secret Scripts
Post by Administrator on Oct 18^th, 2022, 10:35pm

In an exclusive report, here, "The Guardian" describes the BBC's plans for broadcasting in the event of power cuts.

"The BBC’s draft scenario suggests that in a national blackout it would run a greatly reduced temporary radio service from the UK’s emergency broadcasting centre, called the EBC, based in a rural location not acknowledged by the BBC."

The report is by Severin Carrell and Jim Waterson