This title includes the complete BBC Radio 4 series by Perrier Award-winner Laura Solon. 'The writing is as fresh as a cowslip, as sharp as a kitchen-knife, and sometimes as coarse as a fishwife' - "The Telegraph". '...moments of twisted genius' - "Observer". '"Talking and Not Talking" is very clever' - "Times". 'Solon's series stood out for its self-assurance, its unforced oddness...' - "Independent". 'She's a remarkable talent'...
This programme focuses on the largest sea-borne invasion in modern history and one of the world's most tightly kept secrets. It brings together despatches from the BBC War Correspondents who brought up-to-the-minute, graphic descriptions of the events to the listening public. This is a unique collection, a chance to hear history in the making: the day and the hour of D-Day June 1944.