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Memorable radio moments to mark 90 years of BBC radio.
1939: The Classic Soil
Friedrich Engels, Joan Littlewood and working class voices from Manchester and Salford.
1941: Sincerely Yours
Vera Lynn presents a weekly letter in words and music.
1942: Crystal Radio Resistance in Guernsey
When radio is finally banned in Guernsey, one man risks his life to listen.
1944: CS Lewis and The Evacuee
Child evacuee, Jill Freud, discovers that her new landlord is also a radio hero.
1945: I Call… Zelma Karch
A call from homeless children who've been Nazi captives to relatives in Britain.
1961: The Eichmann Trial
Broadcasts from court during Adolf Eichmann's trial changed attitudes to the holocaust.
2009: A Bird on the Battlefield
Sergeant Geoffrey McMullan recalls a moment of solace while serving in Iraq.






