 The program includes readings of letters and diary entries, and poetry from the home and battle fronts read by:
• Phil Collins
• Richard Fish
• Anthony Heald
• Lord Dennis Healey
• Peter MacNicol
• Alexandra Mathie
• David Ossman
• Edward Petherbridge
• William Roberts
• Goertz Schmedes |
Poor Dead Panzer, by P.A. Hyatt, The Shell Torn, the Burned Forest of La Londelle and The Weeping Beeches of Sonnenberg by Melville Hardiment, Brief Sanctuary by Jo Weston, and the excerpt from the Diary of Anne Frank were used by permission.
Special thanks to: Britany Ferries, Keith Howell, The Imperial War Museum, the National War Museum, Max Hastings, Victor Selwyn and the Salamander Oasis Trust, Stephen E. Ambrose and Kathy Rae Jones, the Eisenhower Center, Metropolitan College, the University of New Orleans and the National D-Day Museum, New Orleans, LA.
The program was made possible in part by NPR Member Stations and the NPR Cultural Program Fund.
Directed by Charles Potter and Richard Shannon
The Narrator is the former British Prime Minister, Lord James Callaghan |
