For 75 years, BBC World Service has broadcast news stories to people who otherwise would not have access to impartial information.

New media is giving people new freedoms to tell their own stories and report their own news.

For BBC World Service's anniversary year you can:

• Tell us your memories of listening to BBC World Service



• In its 75 year history, BBC World Service has broadcast in 69 languages. Samples of audio from some of those languages have been lost. Can you help us find them?*.



• Download 'Free to Speak' season desktop wallpaper

*We are looking for audio for the following language services: Welsh for Patagonia, Dutch for Indonesia, French for South East Asia, Luxembourgish, German for Austria, Gujerati, French for Canada, Icelandic, Greek for Cyprus, Belgian and Portuguese for Europe.