The love of Marguerite and Armand became one of the great love stories from its first publication in 1848. The title role of the consumptive heroine and her ultimate sacrifice has inspired actresses from Sarah Bernhardt to Greta Garbo - and Giuseppe Verdi to write "La Traviata". The couple's love burns very bright and is ultimately doomed. This production brings every moment vividly to life.
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.