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''Children Calling Home'' was an English-language radio programme, with the first episode on
Christmas Day
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, 25 December 1940 as a collaboration between the United Kingdom's
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Home Service
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,
CBC of Canada, and
NBC
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of the United States, and broadcast simultaneously in all three countries.
The following day, an episode made by the BBC in collaboration with the
Australian Broadcasting Commission
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is the national broadcaster of Australia. It is principally funded by direct grants from the Australian Government and is administered by a government-appointed board. The ABC is a publicly-owned ...
, the
New Zealand Broadcasting Service and the
South African Broadcasting Corporation
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is the public broadcaster in South Africa, and provides 19 radio stations ( AM/ FM) as well as six television broadcasts to the general public. It is one of the largest of South Africa's state ...
, was broadcast simultaneously in all four of their countries.
The presenter for the BBC was
Roy Rich
Roy Rich (16 September 1911 – 24 March 1970) was a British broadcaster and film and theatre director.
Life and career
Rich was born in Plymouth, Devon, the son of a music hall comedian. Educated at Dulwich College, southeast London, Rich becam ...
; their producer was
Enid Maxwell.
The programme allowed children
evacuated to the host countries from the UK, due to bombing during
World War II
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, to talk with their parents.
The series continued, with various permutations of the involved networks, until at least 31 May 1944.
The journalist
Mark Lawson identifies it as the first example of
co-production.
References
{{Reflist
External links
25 December 1942 episodein the BBC archives. Featuring children in New York, Capetown and Toronto.
1941 newsreel footagefrom
Pathé News
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, showing guests in the radio studio.
BBC Home Service programmes
CBC Radio programs
NBC radio programs
1940 radio programme debuts
ABC radio programs
New Zealand radio programmes
South African radio programs
1944 radio programme endings
English-language radio programs
Home front during World War II
Children's radio programs