The Last Pirates: Britain's Rebel DJs
★ 10 · 2017 · 60m · Documentary
Rapper Rodney P. presents the story of Britain's second wave of pirate radio DJs. In the 1980s a new generation of pirate radio stations appeared broadcasting from London tower blocks.
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