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Published 16 December 2022
Part four of a brief technical history of broadcasting in Britain
Published 9 July 2022
“Hello, Fenella? I shan’t be able to get back for dinner. A sort of war’s broken out.”
Published 4 April 2022
A trip to the ITN archives – deep under Goodge Street in London
Published 1 April 2022
The BBC listens to the enemy whilst also undermining them
Published 25 March 2022
The BBC serves the Home Front – from replacing bombed-out schools to playing music while you work
Published 18 March 2022
The BBC makes the transition from peacetime to war – and war comes to Broadcasting House
Published 16 November 2020
Germany calling, Germany calling, Germany calling no more
Published 11 November 2020
Everything changes as the BBC switches from wartime to peacetime service on the radio
Published 6 November 2020
What are the people of Nazi Germany listening to in 1940?
Published 12 September 2018
A look at what was on the BBC on Tuesday 12 September 1939
Published 26 July 2018
The attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 provokes major change at the US radio networks