Susan Larson reads a scene from Nancy Drew's first adventure, "The Secret of the Old Clock": "Nancy struggled to get away.

VOA: special.2009.08.24

It is five o'clock in the morning and in a scene that would not look out of place in a zombie film, bleary-eyed youngsters, with fixed stares and many still clad in their night clothes, stagger into a leisure centre in west London.

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The clock will feature a selection of moving figures representing traditional farmers which will form a rotating Alpine scene beneath 27 bells.

BBC: Clock design