Last updated at 12:25 BST, Thursday, 12 September 2013
Images from the past
1943-1958
1950. The 'Brown Family' broadcasts helped foreign students to learn modern colloquial English. Right to left: The Brown family's Christmas; Mr Brown takes a nap; The Brown family's Sunday tea.
Norwegian students, Karl Naesvold (left) and Ruth Oftedal (right) being shown the Âé¶¹Éç Control Room at Bush House. In August 1959 over 80 men and women from 16 countries attended the 8th Âé¶¹Éç 'English by Radio' Summer School in London.