Britain's Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Guard
Melvyn Bragg reveals archive footage telling the history of modern Britain. At Osterley Park, Melvyn visits the site of the first Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Guard training school.
Melvyn Bragg, accompanied by a vintage mobile cinema, travels across the country, to show incredible footage preserved by the British Film Institute and other national and regional film archives, to tell the history of modern Britain.
This episode comes from Osterley Park in Middlesex, the site of the first Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Guard training school, and looks back to the Second World War and a time when millions of ordinary men were prepared to die for their country.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Guard recruit Robert Brown comes face to face with his father as a Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Guard company commander, Dad's Army creator Jimmy Perry explains why he signed up to the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Guard, and Ken Chambers shares his own extraordinary stories from his time in the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Guard, some of which could have been taken straight from Dad's Army.
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Trail: Britain's Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Guard
Duration: 00:25
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Ralph Butler
We Must All Stick Together
Composer: Raymond Wallace. Performer: Billy Cotton. Performer: Alan Breeze.
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Melvyn Bragg |
Participant | Jimmy Perry |
Series Producer | Dympna Jackson |
Executive Producer | Ruth Pitt |
Broadcasts
- Mon 12 Sep 2011 18:30
- Mon 17 Oct 2011 03:35
- Mon 4 Feb 2013 14:45
- Sat 17 Aug 2013 10:25
- Wed 26 Feb 2014 19:30
- Tue 11 Dec 2018 13:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Wales
- Tue 11 Dec 2018 14:50Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Wales & Wales HD only
- Sat 5 Jun 2021 15:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD only
- Sat 5 Jun 2021 16:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Northern Ireland & Scotland
- Tue 8 Oct 2024 22:00