World Service is Seventy! | BBC World Service

World Service is 70! To celebrate 70 years of international broadcasting with the BBC join us on this interactive website and on the radio. Happy Birthday World Service

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LONDON, KABUL, MEXICO CITY, MUMBAI, DAKAR Five global venues hosted a pick of the best of world music in a three hour live music extravaganza. more >>

The Beatles, Googoosh, Louis Armstrong or the Tamil song Rakkamma Kaiya Thattu... which one will top the Worlds Top Ten chart? All is revealed! more >>

Five BBC correspondents look at key turning points in the life of World Service. The people who started the WS, the impact of the Second World War, the Cold War, reporting the news and new directions. more >>

Tales from celebrities and listeners who have something to say about how the WS has affected them. more >>

Mark Byford: You questioned the boss of World Service. Aung San Suu Kyi: Seven months after release from house arrest, the pro democracy leader was the special guest in Talking Point Sunday 15 December. Global Live!: You told us how the BBC has made the world smaller for you. Also meet the 'Global Live!' family... Kofi Annan: The United Nations Secretary delivered the World Service birthday lecture. Tony Blair: The British Prime Minister answered your questions in a live forum on December 3.

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>  Pick of the World
    brings you the
    highlights of
    the 70th celebrations

>  Kofi Annan
    Hear the U N
    Secretary-General

>  Aung San Suu Kyi
    Hear the
    pro democracy
    leader in a Talking
    Point exclusive

>  Tony Blair
    Answered your
    questions
    on December 3
    in a live forum

>  Ronaldo
    Interviewed in
    Madrid for
    Sportsworld
    on Saturday 7
    December

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