1980s Radio, 25 Years of Rock

I nearly threw a huge pile of old cassettes out the other day.
I was never the type to buy many pre recorded tapes, so most of my collection are blanks that I recorded my own compilations onto, subsequently i expect any music on these tapes to be bad quality audio of music I already have on record or CD.

However I did notice a few that actually contain recordings of old TV or radio programs long lost & forgotten.There’s lots of garbage, but amongst the rubbish there are some memorable moments worth listening to again, Old Kenny Everett Radio Shows, Diddy David Hamilton 'everything stops for tea', Steve Wright in the afternoon (on Radio One) and other stuff.
If you live outside the UK a lot of it will mean nothing to you but if you are over 40 you might

In the early 80`s the BBC broadcast a weekly radio show called 25 years of Rock.

This almost documentary style 25 week program starting in the mid 50`s and ending in 1979 highlighted a different week of music and news for each year.
This is a common theme on all radio stations nowadays but seemed new to me at the time.

Interestingly this series had no DJ talk in between the records. Instead using actual Archive radio news broadcasts as well as old newspaper clips being read in newsreader style for that particular year, sandwiched between the records played.

I do remember I enjoyed listening each week and i seem to remember it spawned a TV version for a while, i think it was broadcast after the chart show on a Sunday night (about 7pm). Anyhow, imagine my surprise at finding a copy of the final show on an old cassette.

UPDATE : FOR MORE INFO ON THIS SERIES TRY HERE