Bernard Falk He also worked on "Start The Week" on BBC Radio 4 and was the regular presenter of BBC Radio 4's Saturday morning travel programme, "Breakaway". Falk had a history of heart problems and died of a heart attack, aged 47. He was married and divorced twice. Bernard Falk Bernard Michael Falk (16 February 1943 – 4 August 1990) was a British television reporter and interviewer perhaps best known for his contributions to the BBC current affairs and magazine programme "Nationwide" in the 1970s and the BBC Radio 4 travel programme "Breakaway" in the 1980s. He was born in Southport, Lancashire
BBC Forces Programme BBC Forces Programme The BBC Forces Programme was a BBC radio station which operated from 7 January 1940 until 26 February 1944. Upon the outbreak of World War II, the BBC closed the existing BBC National Programme and BBC Regional Programme, combining the two to form a single channel known as the BBC Home Service. Domestically, the BBC's medium-wave transmitters continued to broadcast only the Home Service until the start of 1940, when – the lack of choice and of lighter programming for people serving in the Armed Forces having been noted – some of the former regional frequencies (804