originally broadcast to commemorate the 25th anniversary of The Battle of Britain
Written by JOHN PUDNEY with recordings made at the time of the Battle or soon afterwards including the voices of: RT HON WINSTON CHURCHILL LORD BEAVERBROOK
AIR CHIEF MARSHAL
SIR HUGH DOWDING
SIR ROBERT WATSON-WATT SQUADRON LEADER RONALD ADAM
SQUADRON LEADER J. R. A. PEEL FLIGHT-LIEUT J. B. NICOLSON
FLIGHT-LIEUT J. W. C. SIMPSON PILOT OFFICER R. H. HILLARY
SERGEANT-PILOT D. E. KINGABY ASSISTANT SECTION OFFICER FELICITY HANBURY
RAYMOND GLENDENNING
CHARLES GARDNER , ALVAR LIDELL MISS NANCY SPENDER MR J. M. BROOKS
MR FRED GRIFFITHS
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Special music composed by ALAN PAUL
Narrators NOEL JOHNSON , PHILIP GUARD with OLIVE GREGG, GEOFFREY LEWIS and PETER CLAUGHTON
THE NEW RADIO ORCHESTRA leader JULIEN GAILLARD conducted by ALAN PAUL
Produced by VERNON HARRIS
Excerpts from John Pudney 's poems taken from his Collected Poems, published by Putnams