Another chance to see the epic action film The Longest Day about the D-Day landings on June 6, 1944, plus other programmes to mark the 75 anniversary of D-Day
Another chance to see the epic action film The Longest Day about the D-Day landings on June 6, 1944, plus other programmes to mark the 75 anniversary of D-Day
Today is the 75th anniversary of the start of the D-Day landings and a flotilla of films and programmes marks the occasion.
The Longest Day is a suitably gargantuan salute to the Allied troops and boasts an all-star cast that really is all-star – with everyone from Richard Burton, Kenneth More and John Gregson batting for the Brits, while the likes of John Wayne (pictured top), Robert Mitchum and Henry Fonda turn out for the Americans.
As a warm-up at 1.10pm, D-Day the Sixth of June sees Richard Todd and Robert Taylor as British and American officers in love with the same nurse (Dana Wynter).
BBC1 shows live coverage of the commemorative service at Bayeux War Cemetery (9.15am).
D-Day: The World Remembers follows on BBC2 at 6.30pm with Sophie Raworth presenting highlights from today's service and the National Commemorative Event held in Portsmouth on 5th June attended by Her Majesty The Queen and President Donald Trump.
BBC4 tonight has Normandy ’44 (8pm), Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies (9pm) and D-Day to Berlin - Newsnight Special (10pm).
TV Times rating: ****
