BBC R4 Documentary - 'The Night The German's Didn't Come'
Prepared by Norman Longmate
Narrated by David Marlowe
Produced by Stanley Williamson
Broadcast September 7, 1971
Coded from tape at 128/44.1
Probably recorded from an AM source. Readily audible.
Thanks to the original uploader

The night the Germans didn't come - an account of
the events of the weekend of September 7 & 8, 1940

In the UK during WWII it was forbidden to ring church
bells without official sanction. Their use was reserved
for announcing that German troops had landed. They were
to be rung when the codeword 'Cromwell' was received at
local defence stations.

During the weekend of September 7 and 8, 1940 the bells
rang out. Confusion reigned. Some people took up defence
stations. Others didn't. For that weekend most believed
that the Germans had landed.

This programme describes these events and includes first
hand accounts by some of those involved.

To stick my tuppence worth in - it seems to me to have
been a drill that turned into an exercise that - perhaps
deliberately - got out of hand. But whatever the cause,
they were much better prepared after it.

Contributors
Mrs. M Baker
Mrs. Phyllis Channery
Mrs. Mary Hall
Mrs. Julia Whitfield
Graeme Bellamy
C H A Brown
Charles Brundled
Charles Crutchly
Vivian Lindler
Ronald Lewin

Readers
Geoffrey Banks
Marna Stole
Anthony Bowden
Wilfred Harrison
Ronald Harvey