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'History's Greatest Year'
Written and compiled by Leslie Baily
Memories and emotions recalled from the last months of the war and the first months of peace including the voices of: His Majesty King George VI, Mr. Winston Churchill, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, President Benes, Field-Marshal Montgomery, General Sir William Slim, Group Captain Leonard Cheshire, V.C., Tommy Handley, Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch, Kenneth Horne, Vera Lynn, Joyce Grenfell, Richard Dimbleby, Wynford Vaughan Thomas, Stanley Maxted, Ed Murrow, Robert Barr, Richard Sharp, Ian Wilson, Godfrey Talbot, Edward Ward, Howard Marshall, Holland Bennett and members of the BBC announcing staff
with Andrew Faulds, Freda Bamford, Eric Phillips, Billie Whitelaw, Geoffrey Lewis, Denis McCarthy
The pages turned by Freddy Grisewood
Production by Vernon Harris

Contributors

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Leslie Baily
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Tommy Handley
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Arthur Askey
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Kenneth Home
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Vera Lynn.
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Joyce Grenfell
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Richard Dimbleby
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Wynford Vaughan Thomas
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Stanley Maxted
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Ed Murrow
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Robert Barr.
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Richard Sharp
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Ian Wilson
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Godfrey Talbot
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Edward Ward.
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Howard Marshall
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Holland Bennett
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Andrew Faulds
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Freda Bamford
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Eric Phillips
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Billie Whitelaw
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Geoffrey Lewis
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Denis McCarthy
Turned By:
Freddy Grisewood
Production By:
Vernon Harris

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