World Service’s programme on world war one COs

Friends appear in a BBC World Service programme about conscientious objectors

by The Friend Newsdesk 31st August 2018

THE BBC World Service broadcast a programme this month about the history of conscientious objectors (COs) in the first world war. WW1: Britain’s Conscientious Objectors is based on actual accounts from COs, taken from 1960s’ BBC archives, and was aired as part of the BBC’s History Hour.