Original version

BBC Radio 2 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Light Programme.

BBC Radio 2

Radio 2

World War One

Factual

Music

World War I

Music and documentaries marking the centenary of World War One

World War One: The Ballad of the Great War - 1914

Music: Folk

The Ballad of the Great War - 1914

BBC Radio 2 - World War One, The Ballad of the Great War - 1914

The ballad of 1914, featuring stories told by men and women who took part in the conflict.

The ballad of 1914, featuring stories told by men and women who took part in those first months of the conflict. The stories are accompanied by original music composed especially.

The Ballad of the Great War - 1914, featuring stories told by men and women who took part in those first few months of the conflict both at home and abroad. The stories are accompanied by original music written especially for the programme and was inspired by the stories told.

In this programme we hear stories about La Belle Époque, the era of calm before the outbreak of the first world war, the clamour by young men to join the army during August 1914, the London buses which were conscripted into the army to take the troops to the battlefields, the battle of Mons, trench warfare, the bombardment by German battleships of Scarborough, Whitby and Hartlepool and The Christmas Truce.

The songs for this programme are written by John Tams, Billy Bragg, Julie Matthews, Jez Lowe and Sean Cooney.

This programme, which has been a year in the making, was produced by John Leonard.


Amazing music. Played by an amazing line up.

Radio 2: Amazing music. Played by an amazing line-up. The home of great music, entertainment and documentaries

Accessibility links

Programme Index

World War One

The Ballad of the Great War - 1914

Genres

Brand

BBC Radio 2

About BBC Radio 2