Radio Times front covers of the 1940s
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Image source, BBC GenomeThe BBC has made the 1940s issues of the Radio Times magazine publicly available online for the first time. This one is from the end of March 1940 and highlights the Grand National.
Image source, BBC GenomeThey are available via the BBC Genome Project (link below) and cover World War Two, the immediate post-war years and key landmark events in British history.
Image source, BBC GenomeThis cover from October 1940 shows a young Princess Elizabeth, the future Queen, promoting a broadcast to "children of the Empire".
Image source, BBC GenomeDuring the first half of the decade, Radio Times magazines became slimmer as resources were diverted to the war effort. This cover features entertainer George Formby, who was due to broadcast from the Empire Theatre in Nottingham.
Image source, BBC GenomeThis Women Hitting Back cover from 1941 promotes a programme on women trained as highly-skilled workers "playing a vital part in bringing victory nearer".
Image source, BBC GenomeIn 1941 the Proms had moved to a new home at the Royal Albert Hall.
Image source, BBC GenomeThe Christmas edition of 1943 carried an illustration of a soldier by CW Bacon.
Image source, BBC GenomeTelevision returned in 1946, after its suspension during the war. There were a series of ambitious outside broadcasts, including the Victory Parade in London of that year.
Image source, BBC GenomeThe first episode of Woman's Hour on Radio 4 hit the airwaves in October 1946.
Image source, BBC GenomeA picture promoting the broadcast of the wedding of Princess Elizabeth to Prince Philip of Greece at Westminster Abbey can be seen on the November issue from 1947.
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