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There were interviews with drivers, but even when television started again after the war and audience growth exploded, despite increased radio coverage there was no outside broadcast on TV as it was obviously much more expensive for a production to be covered \u201clive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Even in the early \u201950s there were very few outside broadcasts, perhaps some rally-type driving tests, but normally only post-produced coverage was transmitted, to which interviews were added. 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