Countercurrent: conversations with Professor Roger Kneebone
Stephen Birkill in conversation with Roger Kneebone
27 Jan 2020
Stephen Birkill's career began as an engineer in the BBC transmissions section. In the following decades he made numerous technical advances in his field. He discovered a talent for solving practical problems in unorthodox ways and was instrumental in the development of tuning systems for satellite television, set-top boxes and digital radio. In parallel with his engineering career he has a longstanding fascination with the songs of Pete Atkin and Clive James and was responsible for the revival of Atkin's music in the 1990s.
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