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The famed raconteuse takes to the open road to visit eight places in Britain in orderto hear a tale from the people who live there. 3: Slapton Sands, Devon, the setting for D-Day landing rehearsals in 1944 that went tragically wrong with the deaths of hundreds of American servicemen. Ayres talks to two American ex-servicemen and the locals who had to vacate theirfarms and villages in preparation.

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