D-Day: 40 Years On As The Queen arrives in France to commemorate D-Day, from the beaches of Normandy Frank Bough and Selina Scott celebrate the liberation of Europe that began 40 years ago today. Dame Vera Lynn sings the songs that made her the forces' sweetheart. Frank Gillard recalls the pioneering days of a BBC War Correspondent, Francis Wilson uses latest satellite technology to show how the invasion of France hung in the balance.
Plus the recollections of those who brought peace to Europe - BILL MILLIN , the piper who heralded in the Allies, the men from ENSA, and the millions in Britain whose war-work made the invasion possible.
And, as usual, news on the hour and the half hour with Fern Britton