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January 20, 2021 23 mins

Episode Notes

Hear the original 1986 report by 4ZZZ journalist Claire Grenet into the second major riots of the decade at Brisbane's notorious Boggo Road Gaol, which would be permanently shutdown just 3 years later.

The music you can hear in this episode is 'The Girls' by Xero.

The bonus episode has been produced by Scott Mercer, and the original report was produced for Brisbane Line in 1986 by Claire Grenet. Brisbane Line is one of the longest running programs on 4ZZZ, you can listen to Brisbane Line reports on local news & currents affairs on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday here https://4zzz.org.au/program/brisbane-line

From A to Triple Zed was produced as part of 4ZZZ's 45th birthday celebrations, if you want to support radio that's been independent and live since 1975 you can make a donation online now https://support.4zzz.org.au

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