HP on Boxing Day

[Simon]

No: HPFGUIDX 6187

Heidi wrote: "It goes on to say that BBC radio will feature an eight-hour
reading of ``Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' on December 26.

"Comedian Stephen Fry is to read the book which will dominate the airwaves
on Boxing Day on Radio Four."

Stephen Fry did the books on tape of the UK version - will he be doing this
live or will they just be airing 8 hours of the book on tape?

And how can we listen to this outside the UK?"

Radio 4 broadcast some of their programs on the net, but I am guessing that
this will not be one of those programs. I guess they have got the rights to
broadcast the UK version of the book to the UK. I would be very surprised if
the rights in any way extended to broadcasting the books to the world in
general (as would be the cast if they did it over the internet as well).

Also Radio 4 has two frequencies (one on FM and one on long wave). The one
on FM is being used for the story, while the long wave is being used for
their regular schedule. So I guess they will be broadcasting their normal
service over the Internet.

I would also be pretty sure that it would be broadcast off one of the
recordings. This seems to be confirmed on the BBC's news online website
article
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/newsid_1046000/1046779.stm).

Simon