Last updated at 12:25 BST, Thursday, 12 September 2013
Images from the past
1943-1958
1943. A BBC European Service studio broadcast, with presenter John Foreman and producer Lionel Gamlin. The programme engineer can be seen in the cubicle behind the studio.
Norwegian students, Karl Naesvold (left) and Ruth Oftedal (right) being shown the BBC Control Room at Bush House. In August 1959 over 80 men and women from 16 countries attended the 8th BBC 'English by Radio' Summer School in London.