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Listeners' Tales

What the BBC has meant to listeners across the world

World Service,17 episodes

Episodes

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Ermias Ayn Ekulu
Ethiopian Ermias Ayn Ekulu describes how the BBC altered his view of women
01 Jan 1990,3 mins
Khushwant Singh
Indo-Anglian novelist Khushwant Singh describes hearing a 1945 BBC broadcast
01 Jan 1990,3 mins
Walter Perera
Walter Perera describes what the BBC has meant to him throughout his life.
01 Jan 1990,3 mins
Terry Waite
Former hostage Terry Waite describes how the BBC helped him through his ordeal
01 Jan 1990,3 mins
Zedenek Hron
Zedenek Hron describes what the BBC meant to him under communist rule in the 1960s and 70s
01 Jan 1990,3 mins
Marcel Beleyn
Marcel Beleyn is an English teacher in Belgium and tells how he has used the BBC in his teachings.
01 Jan 1990,3 mins
Yang Hong
Chinese listener Yang Hong describes winning a BBC competition to see the Olympic Games
01 Jan 2000,3 mins
Joan Sherley
New Zealander Joan Sherley tells of the time she heard King George on the radio in 1932
01 Jan 2002,3 mins
Pranab Mukherjee
Pranab Mukherjee recalls hearing news of Indira Gandhi's assassination on the BBC
19 Dec 2002,3 mins
Henry Brugsch
Blind listener from Massachusetts Henry Brugsch reveals how much the BBC means to him
19 Dec 2002,3 mins
Carolee Morrison
New York listener Carolee Morrison recalls the resumption of BBC broadcasts after 9/11
19 Dec 2002,3 mins
Anish Damodaran
Anish Damodaran describes learning about his condition by listening to Medical Matters
19 Dec 2002,3 mins
John Figliozzi
New York shortwave listener John Figliozzi discovers new ways to listen to the BBC
19 Dec 2002,3 mins
Maree Gutterson
Maree Gutterson recalls writing and recording her award-winning radio play Stuffed
19 Dec 2002,3 mins
Jean Lacouture
Writer Jean Lacouture recalls BBC broadcasts made by General de Gaulle
19 Dec 2002,3 mins
Ali Mazrui
Ali Mazrui remembers hearing Harold Macmillan's 'wind of change' speech on the BBC
20 Feb 2004,3 mins
Negar Roshanzamir
Negar Roshanzamir from Iran talks about her unforgettable moments listening to the BBC
03 May 2004,3 mins