{"id":13664,"date":"2015-06-17T07:44:40","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T11:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=13664"},"modified":"2015-06-17T07:44:40","modified_gmt":"2015-06-17T11:44:40","slug":"bbc-at-war-new-series-sheds-light-on-wwii-broadcasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/bbc-at-war-new-series-sheds-light-on-wwii-broadcasting\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC At War: new series sheds light on WWII broadcasting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/BBC-AT-WAR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13665\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/BBC-AT-WAR.jpg\" alt=\"BBC-AT-WAR\" width=\"650\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/BBC-AT-WAR.jpg 650w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/BBC-AT-WAR-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to several\u00a0<em>SWLing Post<\/em> readers from the UK who have pointed out this new BBC Two documentary: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b05zqx6k\" target=\"_blank\">The BBC at War, Presented by Jonathan Dimbleby<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>BBC Two describes the documentary\u00a0as, &#8220;[a]n enthralling series exploring how the BBC fought not only Hitler but also the British government to become the institution it is today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the BBC iPlayer is region-locked, so you either need to be resident in the UK or using a proxy server in order to view. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/episode\/b05zqtkn\/the-bbc-at-war-presented-by-jonathan-dimbleby-1-the-war-of-words\" target=\"_blank\">The first episode<\/a> is available to view now;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b060h43j\" target=\"_blank\">the second<\/a> will be soon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/episode\/b05zqtkn\/the-bbc-at-war-presented-by-jonathan-dimbleby-1-the-war-of-words\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to view Episode 1:\u00a0<em>The War of Words<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to several\u00a0SWLing Post readers from the UK who have pointed out this new BBC Two documentary: The BBC at War, Presented by Jonathan Dimbleby. BBC Two describes the documentary\u00a0as, &#8220;[a]n enthralling series exploring how the BBC fought not only Hitler but also the British government to become the institution it is today.&#8221; Of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,3,288],"tags":[104,327,2937,676],"class_list":["post-13664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","category-radio-history","tag-bbc","tag-bbc-world-service","tag-bbc-wwii","tag-wwii"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3yo","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9748,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/remembering-bbc-ottringham-on-memorial-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":13664,"position":0},"title":"Remembering BBC Ottringham on Memorial Day","author":"Thomas","date":"May 26, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Jonathan Marks, who shares this amazing story of the BBC Ottringham (a.k.a. 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