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The Dambusters 70 Years On

Dermot O'Leary and Jeremy Vine commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Dambusters Raid with music from the Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Concert Orchestra and the Central Band of the RAF.

Dermot O'Leary and Jeremy Vine present a special Friday Night is Music Night commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Dambusters Raid. The iconic story will be re-told with music from the Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Concert Orchestra and the Central Band of the RAF, live at Biggin Hill Airport. The evening will also feature drama and special messages from veterans and Barnes Wallis' daughter. Thursday 16 and Friday 17 May 2013 mark the 70th anniversary of the Dambusters Raid - an operation which changed the course of the Second World War. Nineteen Lancaster Bombers, each carrying the 'Bouncing Bomb', took off from Lincolnshire to destroy the dams of the Ruhr Valley at the heart of Germany's war-machine. The crews came from Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Eight aircraft didn't return. In total, 133 airmen took part in the raid, 53 of them died. In Germany almost 2000 lives were lost as a result of the dams being breached.
This programme was first broadcast on the 17th May 2013.

1 hour, 57 minutes

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Fri 8 Nov 2013 20:00
Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Radio 2

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  • Commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Dambusters raid with a day of special shows

Music Played

  • Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Concert Orchestra CB Mike Dixon

    Anniversary Overture Op.99

  • Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Concert Orchestra CB Mike Dixon

    Dambusters Theme

  • Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Concert Orchestra Cb Mike Dixon

    English Idyll No. 1

  • RAF SQUADRONAIRES dir by Wing Commander Duncan Stubbs

    In The Mood

  • Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Concert Orchestra CB Mike Dixon

    Dambusters Underscore (Parts 1, 2 & 3)

  • Jacqui Dankworth/Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Concert Orchestra CB Mike Dixon

    Silver Wings In The Moonlight

  • Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Concert Orchestra CB Mike Dixon

    Ride Of The Valkyries

  • Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Concert Orchestra CB Mike Dixon

    Florida Suite No. 2 (By The River)

  • The Military Wives/Central Band Of The Raf/Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Concert Orchestra Cb Mike Dixon

    Wherever You Are

  • Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Concert Orchestra CB Mike Dixon

    7 Th Symphony Mvt 2

  • Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Concert Orchestra CB Mike Dixon

    Sospiri

  • Gabrielle Aplin/Central Band Of The Raf/Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Concert Orchestra Cb Mike Dixon

    Underneath The Stars

  • Central Band Of The Raf / Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Concert Orchestra Cb Mike Dixon

    Sword And Crown

  • Central Band of The RAF CB: Wing Cmmdr D Stubbs

    Barnes Wallis March

  • Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Concert Orchestra CB Mike Dixon

    Battle In The Air

  • Central Band of The RAF CB: Wing Cmmdr D Stubbs

    Elegy On An Raf Theme

  • Emer Macparland / Andy Vinter (Piano)

    Lili Marlene

  • Jacqui Dankworth/Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Concert Orchestra Cb Mike Dixon

    A Nightingale Sang In Berkley Square

  • Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Concert Orchestra Cb Mike Dixon

    Enigma Variations No. 9 Nimrod

  • Central Band Of The Raf / Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Concert Orchestra Cb Mike Dixon

    The Dambusters March

Broadcasts

  • Fri 17 May 2013 20:00
    Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Radio 2
  • Fri 8 Nov 2013 20:00
    Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Radio 2

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