After 1945 Sykes worked for many years in BBC Radio, where he helped to get Waugh's broadcast tribute to P.G. Wodehouse (who had been captured in Le Touquet by the Germans) on the air, against considerable opposition from Waugh's enemies.
From 1945 onwards, Sykes spent several decades with BBC Radio, where he collaborated on airing Waugh's broadcast honoring P.G. Wodehouse (who was taken prisoner by the Germans at Le Touquet), in spite of significant resistance from Waugh's detractors.