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Charles Chilton - The Long, Long Trail

Songs of the Kaiser's war, popular with troops on the Western Front. Made by Charles Chilton for the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service in 1961.

Producer and writer Charles Chilton's forgotten radio masterpiece telling the story of the First World War through the songs sung by soldiers.

It was inspired by Chilton's personal quest to learn about his father, who was killed in 1918 aged 19 and whom he'd never met. Chilton went on to adapt the programme with Joan Littlewood into the 1963 landmark stage musical Oh What A Lovely War.

First broadcast on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service in 1961.

1 hour

Last on

Sun 9 Nov 2014 19:00
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  • Sun 5 Jan 2014 14:00
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  • Sun 9 Nov 2014 11:00
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  • Sun 9 Nov 2014 19:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra

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