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The BBC at War

The British service through the war years: the newsroom, the Prime Minister's voice, and the propaganda aimed back the other way.

1939 – 1945 · 3 stops · 1h 11m

  1. 1

    The Home Service as it actually sounded, off the air.

    BBC Home Service · Radio

    Huis Clos by Jean Paul Sartre

    8 Oct 1946 · 1h 1m

  2. 2

    The same organisation, broadcasting outward to occupied Europe.

    BBC European Services · Radio

    Ici Londres Victoire Sovitique Stalingrad

    9 Feb 1943 · 1 min

  3. 3

    What came back the other way — Germany's English-language broadcasts, aimed at British listeners.

    Germany Calling · Radio

    Lord Haw Haw Final Drunken Broadcast

    30 Apr 1945 · 9 min