![]() He regarded the department as a microcosm of all broadcasting, stating: "Nothing but the best is good enough for children. He was appointed head of children's broadcasting in 1933, serving in that position until 1951. The programme included talks, plays, music and drama serials. He became second in command on Children's Hour in 1931 and was placed in charge of it in 1933. ![]() He was the commentator on the first radio broadcast of the FA Cup Final in 1927. He joined the BBC in 1926 as an announcer. After the war he worked in Argentina on the railways, but had to return to England because of ill health. He was wounded at the Battle of the Somme in 1916. He served until 1921 with the infantry, where he was commissioned into the Green Howards, and in the Royal Flying Corps as an equipment officer, including a spell on HMS Valiant. ![]() ![]() The First World War interrupted his education, and he enlisted in 1915 in the Public Schools Battalion of the 16th Middlesex Regiment at the age of 17. McCulloch was born in Plymouth to Scottish parents. ![]()
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