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<p>Get ready for the story of how the telegraph went from a long line of monks holding hands to a technology that straddled the earth. One which foreshadowed the internet in many strange ways, from online dating to fraud.</p><br><p>Dallas’s guest is Tom Standage, author of <em>The Victorian Internet</em>: <em>The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-Line Pioneers</em> and deputy editor of The Economist magazine.</p><br><p>With special thanks to Frances Grey for her wonderful acting.</p><br><p>Edited by Stuart Beckwith, Produced by Freddy Chick, Senior Producer is Charlotte Long</p>
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