It started during World War Two with Calling the West Indies for servicemen calling home

By the 1950s, the programme Caribbean Voices allowed producers the room to work for the BBC and write their early novels

In the 1960s and 70s, the programmes attracted young broadcasters from the Caribbean

After closure in 1975, BBC's Caribbean Service was re-launched in 1988 as a news and current affairs unit

Caribbean leaders included Bush House on their London itineraries where they discussed pan-regional issues

Britain's first black MPs also visited Bush House

Caribbean Magazine presenter Annemarie Grey and editor Jerry Timmins tackled Caribbean cultural issues

The team acquired news faces in 1991

The Caribbean Service made regional headlines through to the final week on air

The team always included a range of Caribbean and English voices

In 2010, it won an Association of International Broadcasting (AIB) award for the BBC Caribbean/ News Creole lifeline programme for post-quake Haiti