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Auntie's War: The BBC During the Second World War

By: Edward Stourton
Narrated by: Ed Stourton
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About this listen

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British institution, and its story during the Second World War is also our story.

This was a period of remarkable voices: Churchill’s speeches, de Gaulle’s broadcasts from exile, Richard Dimbleby and Vera Lynn. Radio offered an incomparable tool for propaganda while at the same time eyewitness testimonies gave a voice to everyone, securing the BBC’s reputation as a purveyor of truth.

Edward Stourton explores the BBC’s wartime journey, investigating archives, diaries, letters and memoirs to examine what the BBC was and what it stood for.

©2018 Edward Stourton (P)2018 Oakhill Publishing Elections & Political Process Entertainment & Performing Arts Europe Great Britain Military Politics & Government War Winston Churchill Imperialism England Royalty Interwar Period

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So interesting, so much I didn’t know, so much stuff I thought was true totally debunked. A real snap shot of the times and the folks involved with the Beeb and war office. I didn’t realise the extent the war played in the radio broadcasts. Well written/narrated.

Aunties War

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Who would have thought that the story of BBC during 2WW would be so fantastic a subject?! I listened almost non stop and laughed, and felt sad, and enjoyed all the experiences you expect at the best of the best. Author did the subject justice and turned something that could have easily become a tedious naming of people and enumeration of events, into a fast flowing river of joy. Apologies for the flowery language but his style is catchy.
Will buy a written version as well. Audio is superb!

Brilliant!

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