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Battle of the Somme 100

Rating:3.0 of 5Total number of episodes:4Last broadcast:02/07/2016 at 00:46
July 2016
1:30:00

July 2, 2016

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July 2, 2016 of the TV-show Battle of the Somme 100 was broadcast by BBC2 on Saturday 2 July 2016 at 0:46.
3:25:00

July 1, 2016

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Huw Edwards introduces live coverage of the centenary Somme commemoration at the Thiepval Memorial, France, to remember the one million casualties sustained on both sides during the 141 days of the battle. One hundred years on from the first day of this defining World War One battle, TRH The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall, TRH The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and HRH Prince Henry of Wales will join heads of state and 10,000 spectators. The Thiepval Memorial stands in commemoration to ...
45:00

July 1, 2016

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At 07.30 on 1 July 1916, whistles were blown up and down the British front line and thousands of men climbed from their trenches into no man's land - it was the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
June 2016
2:00:00

June 30, 2016

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Huw Edwards in Thiepval, France, and Kirsty Young in Westminster Abbey, London, provide live coverage of vigil services held to commemorate the centenary of the Battle of the Somme. One hundred years on from the eve of this battle, commemorations begin at Westminster Abbey, where Her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh lead the nation's remembrance at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior.
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