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- ↑ "Broadcasting House for Belfast". Belfast News-Letter. 27 May 1926. p. 9.
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- ↑ Round, Simon (6 July 2012). "Television: Chariots of Fire and the real Harold Abrahams story". The Jewish Chronicle. London. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
- ↑ Casciani, Dominic (30 January 2003). "King's abdication appeal blocked". BBC News. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
- ↑ Stuart, Charles, ed. (1975), The Reith Diaries, London: Collins, pp. 192–193, ISBN 0-00-211174-8