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The D-Day Show

Radio Active Series 6
Episode 4 of 8

Saluting the days of war as the radio team commemorate the 1944 Normandy invasion. Stars Angus Deayton. From 1986.

A weighty historical analysis of the biggest military operation in the history of big military operations.

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Starring:

Morwenna Banks
Angus Deayton
Geoffrey Perkins
Philip Pope
Michael Fenton-Stevens

Music by Philip Pope, Steve Brown and Angus Deayton.

Written by Angus Deayton and Geoffrey Perkins with Michael Fenton-Stevens.

Producer: David Tyler

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1986.

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30 minutes

Last on

Sat 1 Aug 2026 23:30
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