News Commentary
From Broadcast for Schools.co.uk.co.uk
companyBBC
started1st Jul
1940
endedJun
1952
13 school years
duration5 mins & 10 mins
subject
⚖️CitizenshipCurrent Affairs
languageenIn English
News Commentary is a BBC schools radio series from the 1940s and 1950s, covering Current Affairs for secondary school pupils.
- broadcast every weekday during wartime
- continued after the war but eventually reduced to twice weekly in 1951-52, concentrating on general topics on Tuesdays and political topics on Fridays
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