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How We Remember Them

Dan Snow explores how and why our perceptions of the First World War have changed over time. From 2018.

From 2014 to 2018, the world reflected on the centenary of the First World War.

The atrocities of the conflict have been well-covered.

So historian, Dan Snow looks at how and why our perceptions of the conflict have changed over time, and how that’s affected the way we commemorate the event.

With powerful accounts of veterans, from the iconic 1964 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ series The Great War and the Imperial War Museum’s sound archive, as well as moving early commemorations at the Cenotaph.

With:

Dan Todman
Lucy Noakes
Helen McCartney
Jean Seaton
Peter Hart - who interviewed many veterans on behalf of the IWM.

Producers: Megan Jones and Glyn Tansley

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in November 2018.

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57 minutes

Last on

Thu 7 Nov 2024 00:00

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