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Lilliburlero, the instantly familiar signature tune of the BBC World Service’s English-language output, has been dropped. Cimco Edit Software Free Download. For nearly 70 years it was the jaunty, patriotic, cockerel-like clarion call that called the faithful to the loudspeaker; but it last went out more than a year ago, to mark World Radio Day in February 2013, and the time before that was on the BBC’s 90th birthday in November 2012. “We accept that it’s an important part of our heritage, and we may use it for special occasions in future,” the BBC says, “but we’re now looking at the whole tone of the World Service to make sure we’re reflecting the lives of our global audiences. Younger listeners in Nigeria, for example, where our audiences have grown considerably.