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Private Harry Patch

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Last broadcast on Mon, 24 Nov 2008, 19:30 on BBC Four.

Synopsis

A year in the life of Harry Patch, Britain's last survivor of the First World War trenches. Historian Richard Van Emden takes Harry back to the battlefield to lay a memorial stone, while the Master of the Queen's Music, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, composes a new choral work to pay tribute.

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Presenter
Richard van Emden

Broadcast

  1. Mon 24 Nov 2008
    19:30
    BBC Four

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Duration

30 minutes

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