This GEC advert from December 1951 shows the speaker-dominated design of the latest GEC 5-valve table radios.

Another fine GEC set in great Demand
GEC.... the name that makes the sale

BC5442 a 5-valve receiver for AC mains.  £25. 10. 0. Tax paid.

A set that is more and more in demand.  This 3-waveband 5-valve superhet table receiver is housed in a handsome walnut veneer cabinet.  Provision is made for alternative use of normal aerial and earth or internal frame aerial.  Extension speaker and gramophone pick-up sockets are fitted.

The General Electric Co., Ltd.  Magnet House, Kingsway, London WC2