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on BBC Radio 4 FM

Taking his cue from the newspaper, Peter Snow walks through London visiting key sites in the VE Day celebrations from the seat where Churchill sat for Parliament s thanksgiving service in St Margaret's, Westminster, to Buckingham Palace, where thousands gathered to see the king and queen. There are moving stories of returning prisoners of war, weather forecasts are no longer top secret, and with massive cigarette sales reported, what was the legacy of wartime smoking?

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Presenter:
Peter Snow
Producer:
Andrew Green

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