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The BBC Home Service was a national radio station that broadcast from 1st September 1939 until 1967, when a radio shake-up saw it replaced by Radio 4. After 1945, it had comprised of a regional network much in the same way as BBC One has regional variations today. Although it broadcast some comedies - such as ITMA and The Goon Show - for most of its life the Home Service was primarily tasked with broadcasting 'weightier' programming such as news and drama. Most comedy of the period found its home on BBC Light Programme instead.

BBC Home Service was part of the BBC network.

Other BBC channels: 5WA Cardiff, BBC Asian Network, BBC Choice, BBC Forces Programme, BBC Four, BBC General Forces Programme, BBC HD, BBC Light Programme, BBC Local Radio, BBC National Programme, BBC One, BBC One HD, BBC One Scotland, BBC One Wales, BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 4 Extra, BBC Radio 5, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio 7, BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Regional Programme, BBC Scotland, BBC Sounds, BBC Third Programme, BBC Three, BBC Three (Online), BBC Two, BBC Two Scotland, BBC Two Wales, BBC World Service, CBBC, CBeebies

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