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The Edinburgh Military Tattoo

on BBC One London

From the Esplanade of Edinburgh Castle opened by The Fanfare Trumpets of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards and The RAF Regiment, The Massed Pipes and Drums, The Black Watch, The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, The Royal Highland Fusiliers, The King's Own Scottish Borderers, The Brigade Of Gurkhas

The Royal Navy
A competitive display of Intership Supply at sea by Sea Cadets and The Royal Navy

The Massed Bands, The Royal Air Force Regiment, The Royal Scots, The Gordon Highlanders, The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, The Black Watch, The King's Own Scottish Borderers
under the direction of Flight Lieutenant Eric Banks LRAM, ARCM, LGSM

Royal Air Force Regiment, Catterick
The Raising of The Gordon Highlanders in 1794
The Brigade Of Gurkhas present the Kukri Dance
The Royal Artillery Motor-Cycle Display Team
Highland and Country Dancing by teams from the Scottish Division and The Women's Services
The Grand Finale

The Edinburgh Military Tattoo is presented by HQ Scotland (Army) and produced by Brigadier John S. Sanderson, DSO, OBE

One of Britain's major tourist attractions, the Edinburgh Military Tattoo is as much a part of the Edinburgh Festival as more earnest activities going on in the city below the castle.
"A healthy antidote to a cultural binge" one critic wrote in the early days. A celebration of the military virtues, the tattoo combines some heady nostalgia, with modern technology and superbly professional presentation from the moment the massed pipes and drums first march into the Esplanade to the tear-jerking sentiment of the finale.

(BBC Scotland)
(Cover story: pages 8 and 9)
(Colour)

Contributors

Musical director:
Flight Lieutenant Eric Banks LRAM, ARCM, LGSM
Tattoo Producer:
Brigadier John S. Sanderson, DSO, OBE
Commentator:
Tom Fleming
Presented for television by:
Charles Clifford

BBC One London

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