{"id":45243,"date":"2020-09-08T14:00:52","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T18:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=45243"},"modified":"2020-09-08T07:57:30","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T11:57:30","slug":"45243","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/45243\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark spots another radio in “Death In Paradise”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Mark Hirst, who writes:<\/p>\n

Another radio turned up in the BBC series, ‘Death in Paradise’.<\/p>\n

Set on a picturesque Caribbean island with an infeasibly high murder rate, we see the police interviewing a witness as he listens to the local radio station.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Can SWLing Post readers identify the radio I wonder?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Please comment if you can ID this radio! Not an easy task this time as there’s no close-up shot to pull details from the front panel. Good luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mark Hirst, who writes: Another radio turned up in the BBC series, ‘Death in Paradise’. Set on a picturesque Caribbean island with an infeasibly high murder rate, we see the police interviewing a witness as he listens to the local radio station. Can SWLing Post readers identify the radio […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,305,3196],"tags":[5457,5458,5506],"class_list":["post-45243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-portable-radio","tag-death-in-paradise","tag-mark-hirst","tag-radios-in-movies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/sn3uc-45243","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21294,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/mark-notices-a-yaesu-frg-8800-on-death-in-paradise\/","url_meta":{"origin":45243,"position":0},"title":"Mark notices a Yaesu FRG-8800 on “Death in Paradise”","author":"Thomas","date":"September 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mark Hirst, who writes: I noticed recently in an episode of the BBC series, \"Death in Paradise\", a Yaesu FRG-8800 sat on a book case. 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Mysterious morse code messages are being intercepted in this scene. 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A little Googling turned up this video (part 1 of 2) showing an example in operation: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gsklRHrIeOI Click here to view Part 1 on YouTube. https:\/\/youtu.be\/l87UQk9eFwo Click here\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "AM"","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Attache-Case-Radio-Briefcase-1024x768.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Attache-Case-Radio-Briefcase-1024x768.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Attache-Case-Radio-Briefcase-1024x768.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":30918,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/mark-spots-a-vintage-radio-in-travelers\/","url_meta":{"origin":45243,"position":4},"title":"Mark spots a vintage radio in “Travelers”","author":"Thomas","date":"February 27, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor,\u00a0Mark Hirst, who adds the following to\u00a0our growing archive of radios in film. 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