A BUSHEY woman is the subject of a BBC documentary on the beginnings of the Daily Service, which will be broadcast on Thursday, January 2.

Miss Kate Marion Cordeux, known to her friends as Kitty, lived in Bushey Grove Road in the early 20th Century.

In 1926, she began a letter-writing campaign for a daily religious service broadcast on radio.

In January 1927, the BBC gave in and agreed to an experimental broadcast. Seven thousand listeners wrote in, almost all in favour of the 15-minute service.

Miss Cordeux's life is explored in The Lady Behind the Daily Service, which celebrates 75 years of the bulletin.

In November, producer Judy Merry asked The Watford Observer for help finding information about Miss Cordeux for the documentary.

She received an unexpected response from The Watford Observer's former chief photographer Peter Bright, who now lives in New Zealand.

Mr Bright's sister sent him a copy of the newspaper and he recognised the name Kitty Cordeaux.

He had taken her photograph prior to her 100th birthday celebration she died a few days before she turned a century in 1962 and he had kept both the negative and a print of the photo for more than 40 years.

Ms Merry said: "After spending so long researching this extraordinary woman we were fascinated to see what she looked like and we are very grateful to both Mr Peter Bright and The Watford Observer: Without them we would never have found the photo."

The Lady Behind the Daily Service will be broadcast at 3.45pm on Radio 4.