When the Second World War broke out in September, 1939, listeners to the BBG World Service waited to hear the sound of highflying planes and the crash of falling bombs as a backdrop to the hourly news broadcasts from London.

• 1939年9月，第二次世界大战爆发时，BBC（英国广播公司）国际台的听众们正等候收听作为发自伦敦的每小时整点的引擎声和炸弹落地的爆炸声。