GTT: When I used to listen to Portishead, it was run by the GPO. BT was not yet a politician's dream.
While working in Jeddah, I frequently used to wake up at stupid o'clock and so often whiled away the time before brekky by listening to the likes of Portishead This was with a Barlow Wadley receiver, balanced on my belly, using only the in built telescopic aerial. Most of the traffic was merchant navy, with calls to wives and girl friends supplying most of the traffic. And bloody hilarious they could be!