1941 in British radio

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This is a list of events from British radio in 1941.

Events[]

  • 14 January – In a BBC radio broadcast from London, Victor de Laveleye asks all Belgians to use the "V sign" as a rallying sign, being the first letter of victoire (victory) in French and of vrijheid (freedom) in Dutch, the beginning of a subversive campaign which spreads across occupied Europe.
  • February – BBC begins construction of an emergency broadcasting facility in the disused tunnel of the Clifton Rocks Railway in Bristol.[1]
  • May – Arthur Bliss joins the BBC's overseas music service.[2]
  • 6 August – C. S. Lewis begins a series of BBC radio broadcasts that will be adapted as Mere Christianity.[3]
  • 30 December – The Brains Trust first broadcast as Any Questions? on the BBC Home Service.[4]

Debuts[]

  • Sincerely Yours, presented by Vera Lynn (BBC)

Continuing radio programmes[]

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References[]

  1. ^ "History". Clifton Rocks Railway. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
  2. ^ "New BBC Director of Music". The Times. London. 1942-04-01. p. 7.
  3. ^ Perry, Mike W. (1998-07-01). "Publication History of C. S. Lewis's Mere Christianity". C. S. Lewis Web. Retrieved 2013-12-02.
  4. ^ "The Brains Trust". Radio Days. Archived from the original on 2010-10-08. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
  5. ^ "Denning: Going against social norms". The Prague Post. 2013-09-10. Archived from the original on 2013-09-10.
  6. ^ "Presenters – Sue MacGregor". BBC Radio 4. Archived from the original on 2008-06-28. Retrieved 2013-07-20.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ Press Association (2021-02-17). "This Sceptred Isle writer Christopher Lee dies aged 79". Evening Express. Aberdeen. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
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