Germany Calling Germany Calling Germany Calling was an English language propaganda radio programme, broadcast by Nazi German radio to audiences in the British Isles and North America during the Second World War. Every broadcast began with the station announcement: "Germany calling! Here are the Reichssender Hamburg, station Bremen". Today, it is best known for its employment of several radio presenters jointly known as Lord Haw-Haw — most notably, William Joyce, who was German radio's most prominent English language speaker and to whom the name gradually came to be exclusively applied. The regular content included news and jazz music (which was banned, as
Joyce Wright Joyce Wright Joyce Wright (born 23 June 1922) is an English singer and actress, best known for her performances in the mezzo-soprano roles of the Savoy Operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. She was married for a time to another D'Oyly Carte performer, Peter Pratt. Joyce Wright was born in Leicester, England. She grew up in Glasgow, Scotland, where she was educated at Bearsden Academy and received musical training from the age of eight. When she and her family returned to the Midlands, she won several prizes at the Midlands' Musical Festivals and sang in various choirs under the