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Dan Snow looks back at how the First World War has been commemorated over the past century

4 Extra Debut. Dan Snow explores how and why our perceptions of the First World War have changed over time. From 2018.

From 2014 to 2018, the world reflected on the centenary of the First World War. 

The atrocities of the conflict have been well-covered. 

So historian Dan Snow looks at how and why our perceptions of the conflict have changed over time, and how that’s affected the way we commemorate the event.

With powerful accounts of veterans, from the iconic 1964 BBC series The Great War and the Imperial War Museum’s sound archive, as well as moving early commemorations at the Cenotaph. 

With: 

Dan Todman
Lucy Noakes
Helen McCartney
Jean Seaton
Peter Hart - who interviewed many veterans on behalf of the IWM.

Why does Remembrance still seem to matter to people today? 

How might it change going forward? 

Producers: Megan Jones and Glyn Tansley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2018.

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