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The Hour Approaches

BBC One
on BBC One London

Twenty years ago tonight the Allied armada of ships, planes, and men set off to invade Europe. D-Day was about to unfold.
Richard Dimbleby looks back to June 5, 1944, and Britain's part in the greatest military operation of modern times with Field-Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, K.G., A. J. P Taylor, Correlli Barnett, Alun Gwynne-Jones and soldiers, sailors, airmen, resistance men, and secret agents of the Allied Forces.

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Dimbleby
Interviewee:
Field-Marshal Viscount Montgomery
Interviewee:
A. J. P Taylor
Interviewee:
Correlli Barnett
Interviewee:
Alun Gwynne-Jones
Film Editor:
Bob Abrahams
Film Direction:
Ian Martin
Studio Direction:
Terry Hughes
Designer:
Malcolm Middleton
Script:
Robert Barr
Producer:
Ronnie Noble
Source: Radio Times

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