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In Flanders Fields

World War One Remembered: Passchendaele 2017
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Kirsty Young presents live coverage of the commemorations to mark the centenary of the Battle of Passchendaele, from Tyne Cot Cemetery in Belgium.

Kirsty Young introduces live coverage of the centenary commemorations to mark the first day of the Battle of Passchendaele, from Tyne Cot Cemetery in Belgium, to remember the half-a-million casualties sustained during the fighting.

Music, readings and veteran testimony are delivered in the cemetery, where almost 12,000 men are buried and 34,000 servicemen are remembered on the memorial to the missing. One hundred years on from the first day of this bloody and horrific First World War battle, the Prince of Wales, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the King and Queen of the Belgians, dignitaries and Belgian and British military are joined by descendants of those who fought, to remember and pay tribute to the bravery and sacrifice of all those who served.

Throughout the day, Kirsty is joined by special guests in the studio, including Ian Hislop and Michael Morpurgo, and Dan Snow reports live from the cemetery and talks to some of those taking part.

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Mon 31 Jul 2017 11:00
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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 01:23

    Henry Collins

    Jesus My Lord, My God, My All

  • 01:25

    Agnetha

    I Was A Flower

  • 01:25

    Edward Elgar

    Nimrod: Lux Aeterna

  • 01:51

    Edward Elgar

    Nimrod: Laid In Earth, Solemn Melody

Credits

Presenter Kirsty Young
Reporter Dan Snow
Executive Producer Claire Popplewell
Executive Producer Claire Hughes
Producer Catherine Stirk

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