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21/12/2015

BBC One - Cue The Queen: Celebrating the Christmas Speech

Kirsty Young looks at the history of the royal Christmas broadcast.

Kirsty Young takes a look at the history of the royal Christmas broadcast and how the tradition started by King George V in 1932 has found a place at the heart of Christmas Day.

Kirsty Young takes a unique look at the story of the royal Christmas broadcast and how the tradition started by King George V in 1932 has found a place at the heart of Christmas Day. Beginning with tentative steps in the early days of the wireless, then providing reassurance during the uncertainty of the Second World War, it has become the Queen's televised message that we all know and love.

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