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Radio 4 in pictures

Radio re-invented

David Dunhill in tweedy jacket reads at a traditional 大象传媒 microphone. — Announcer David Dunhill closes the Home Service, 1967

Alistair Cooke, looking very young, in a smart suit — How Alistair Cooke looked in the 1930s

Nancy Wise holding a small microphone prowls a high street looking for opinions — Presenter Nancy Wise reporting for You and Yours, 1971

Michael Hordern, John Le Mesurier and Ian Holm looking relaxed in the drama studio reading scripts. Hordern is gesticulating. — Michael Hordern, John Le Mesurier and Ian Holm record Lord of the Rings in 1981.

The cast of the radio Hitchhiker鈥檚 Guide to the Galaxy pose on a bench as if thumbing a lift — The Hitchhiker鈥檚 Guide to the Galaxy team, 1979

Listen with Mother Book cover showing a painting of two children listening to the wireless with their mother — Listen with Mother book, early 1960s

Nicholas Parsons issues Kenneth Williams with a stern rebuke — Just a Minute with Nicholas Parsons and Kenneth Williams, 1988

John Timpson and Brian Redhead in the Today studio, both in shirt and tie. — The solid sound of the 鈥�80s, John Timpson and Brian Redhead, Today, 1989

Steve Coogan in character as Alan Partridge holding a mask of Prince Charles — Knowing Me, Knowing You, A-ha!, 1992

A panel recording of Gardener鈥檚 Question Time on the shore of a lake — Gardener鈥檚 Question Time recorded outdoors in 1997

Charlotte Green in very bright red jacket cheerfully at her continuity desk — The inimitable sound of Charlotte Green, 2008

Seen through the studio glass, The Queen, James Naughtie and Tony Hall in the Today Programme studio — Her Majesty The Queen with James Naughtie and Tony Hall, on the Today programme, 2013

Two sound engineers wearing protective gear point a microphone at a couple of large foraging birds — Recording the Common Crane Chick, for Tweet of the Day, 2013

Kirsty Young talks to Nicola Adams. Nicola wears a back to front baseball cap — Desert Island Discs with Kirsty Young and boxer Nicola Adams OBE, 2016