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Archive on 4: Farewell to Winston

Farewell to Winston

29/01/2005

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Nicholas Witchell remembers the grandeur and impact of Winston Churchill's state funeral.

4 Extra Debut. Nicholas Witchell remembers the grandeur and impact of Winston Churchill's state funeral on 30 January 1965. From January 2005.

Nicholas Witchell remembers the winter's day on 30th January 1965 when the sleet fell - and a generation who had lived and served through the Second World War lost an iconic leader. 

The grandeur of Churchill's state funeral saw a procession through the City of London, plus the coffin's final voyage down the River Thames to the Royal Festival Hall and on to Waterloo Station. From there the coffin was taken by train to its final resting place at Bladon Parish Church, Oxfordshire. 

With excerpts from the original BBC commentary by Richard Dimbleby and Raymond Baxter, the programme recollects the thoughts and feelings of the wartime generation. With interviews with those were in the crowd or part of the procession. Features: Winston S Churchill, Nicholas Soames, Lord Deedes, Lady Soames, and Peter Dimmock. 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2005.

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