says Good Morning Sunday from Cologne, Germany, marking the 50th anniversary of VE Day. With him are the Band of the Royal Dragoon Guards, the chair of the British Embassy in Bonn, a general, an ambassador, an opera singer and a theologian.
Charlie Chester introduces a programme of veterans' recollections of some of the events that led up to VE Day, including first-hand accounts from those who were at Dunkirk, the Baltic, Colditz, Monte Cassino, Malta and Normandy.
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12.00 Desmond Carrington with Radio 2 All-Time Greats and music from the war years.
2.00pm Alex Pascall 's World War Calypso
Alex Pascall talks to John
LeRose and John Cowley about how calypso music commented on the conflict.
Producer David Corser
3.00 David Jacobs with Sounds Easy
4.00 Radio 2 Young Musician Semi-Finals
Featuring Eleanor Meynell (piano) from King's College London and Sarah Bames
(cello) from the Royal
Academy of Music. Presented by Leonard Pearcey.
4.30 Sing Something Simple to Victory
A musical tribute for the 50th
Anniversary of VE Day.
Featuring a unique collection of favourite wartime songs. With the Cliff Adams Singers accompanied by Jack Emblow.
5.30 Every Night Something Awful
Cosmotheka recall some of the great artists who, as members of ENSA, kept the Allied forces entertained all over the world during the dark days of the war. Producer David Welsby
6.00 Don't You Know
There's a War On?
The second of three programmes telling the story of the Second World War.
For details see yesterday
Final programme tomorrow at
6.00pm
featuring the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Roderick Dunk.
Roger Royle presents hymns from St Michael 's
Parish Church in Linlithgow. Producer Clair Jaquiss
with Your Hundred Best
Tunes
Radio 2 Arts Programme Anne Harvey presents a special programme celebrating the 50th anniversary of VE Day. She recaptures events and emotions at home and in the services. With Virginia McKenna , David King , Elizabeth Counsell and Edward Atterton.
Producer Maura Clarke
Including at 1.30
Pause for Thought with Lindsay Allen.
Including at 3.30
Pause for Thought with Lindsay Allen.
