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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 2Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 2
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. Show more
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Music historian Russell Davies discovers how the musical stage reflected the world situation in 1914 and what the troops were whistling as they marched to war.
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Sarfraz Manzoor tells the forgotten story of the 1.27 million men from the Indian Army who fought valiantly in the First World War. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 2Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio Ulster
John Hurt tells the story of the First World War Christmas truce through diaries, letters and archive accounts from the soldiers themselves. Show more
The Ballad of the Great War - 1915, featuring stories told by men and women who took part in the conflict. The stories are accompanied by original music composed for the programme. Show more
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Music historian Russell Davies unearths the stories behind the music of World War I. Show more
The Ballad of the Great War - 1916, featuring stories told by men and women who took part in the conflict alongside original music composed for the programme.
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Russell Davies returns for the second part of his exploration of the musical background to World War I, from the Broadway stages to the whistling in the trenches. Show more
The Ballad of the Great War - 1917, featuring stories told by men and women who took part in the conflict alongside original music composed for the programme. Show more
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Russell Davies returns for the fourth part of his exploration of the musical background to World War I. Show more
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Join the author Michael Morpurgo and the BBC Philharmonic in this very special event to mark 100 years since the end of the First World War. Show more
The Ballad of the Great War - 1918, featuring stories told by men and women who took part in the conflict alongside original music composed for the programme. Show more
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Concluding Radio 2’s exploration of the music of the Great War. Russell Davies and archive voices tell the story of the last year of the war, illustrated with the music of the time Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 2Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 2
The Theatre Royal Stratford East restages its controversial WW1 musical satire, directed by Tony Award-winner Terry Johnson and including Caroline Quentin in the cast. Show more
