Tells the stories of those families powerful enough to have shaped British history during the past millennium. The Churchills, the Cavendishes and the Norfolks are represented, as well as several Scots and Irish clans, through to the "media barons" of the 20th and 21st centuries.
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.
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