Contemporary Cultural References
The 2009 movie The Boat That Rocked (retitled Pirate Radio in North America) is about UK pirate radio and loosely based on Radio Caroline.
A 1966 episode of Danger Man entitled "Not So Jolly Roger" was set aboard an offshore pirate radio station.
In 1987 The Lenny Henry Show also featured a pirate station called the Brixton Broadcasting Corporation a spoof of the BBC where a cafe owner had the station run in the cafe.
In the BBC TV series Ideal (TV series) (2005-2011) the brother of Moz, Troy, runs a pirate radio station named Troy FM.
Read more about this topic: Pirate Radio In The United Kingdom
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