FESTIVAL OF REMEMBRANCE

Saturday 2001 - 2115
10 November 2007

Chris Stuart presents the annual Royal British Legion's Festival Of Remembrance from the Royal Albert Hall in the presence of Her Majesty the Queen.

A WAR LESS ORDINARY

Saturday 2115-2200
10 November  2007

To mark this year's Remembrance Day, Sarah Lancashire presents a look behind the scenes of war, from non-combatants such as medical staff, the Home Guard and the Women’s Land Army.

Through the medium of poetry and song, this programme gives a voice to those who carry out very real work and sacrifice but who don't actually fight on the frontline.

Hear about the family members who kept hope alive by writing letters, sending parcels and praying; the conscientious objectors whose sufferings are only now being taken seriously and even the animals caught up in war.

With Richard Armitage, Susan Jameson and Charlie Brooks.
 
Music and archive used in A War Less Ordinary


Bless 'Em All
BBC Archive
Navy Concert - 31 July 1941

Till the Boys Come Home
(Meyer)
Taken from commercial disc "Oh What a Lovely War"
EMI SH 130 – World Records Retrospect Series

I Do Like Your Khaki
Taken from commercial disc "Oh What a Lovely War"
EMI SH 130 – World Records Retrospect Series

We Don’t Want to Lose You
Taken from commercial disc "Oh What a Lovely War"
EMI SH 130 – World Records Retrospect Series

Could You Please Oblige Us with a Bren Gun?
(Noel Coward)
Carroll Gibbons Orchestra
From CD Noel Coward : I’ll See You Again
CD AJA 5126

Back to the Land
Words: P. Adkins & J. Moncreiff
Music: Mrs. E.K. Loring (music).
Arranged, performed and recorded by Alison Young

In the Mood
(Garland)
Performed by Glenn Miller & his Orchestra
From Commercial CD: Hits of '39
LIVING ERA CD AJA 5086

We are the Girls of the Artillery
From BBC Sound Archive LP23278 "Every Gunner to Her Post"

Conscientious Objector
Words by Edna St Vincent Millay
Music by Lee Holdridge
From LP Morning Glory WARNER K46154
Performed by Mary Travers