The State Funeral of Sir Winston Chirchill - BBC Parliament - 30 January 2015
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BBC Parliament is to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Churchill's death by rebroadcasting the entire funeral 50 years to the day next month. The programme will be shown using the approximate timings of the actual day from 9:15am.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/churchills-state-funeral
BBC Parliament, will show The State Funeral 50 Years On. Introduced by Sir Nicholas Soames, the Grandson of Sir Winston Churchill, and featuring commentary from Richard Dimbleby, the programme will air to mirror the original timings of his funeral in 1965 - on 30th January 2015 from 9.15am. BBC Parliament is also collaborating with BBC Archives in the restoration of the original footage of Churchill’s funeral for re-broadcast. BBC Archives are engaging film specialists to work on the negatives to ensure the best possible restoration of some four hours of coverage, including recently discovered missing footage.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/churchills-state-funeral
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VIDFIRE maybe?
They would be better doing a 2 hour prog on his life. That would be pretty crammed at 2 hours.
I think it will be quite interesting - seeing who is there, what London looked like then etc etc. I cannot see the point of doing yet another documentary on his life - we have had these up the ying yang over the years, and another one would simply be going over stuff we already well know, or approach from a difficult or controversial angle.
This is exactly the sort of thing BBC should be showing. Good, historical, facts based programming without any need to dumb down and/or go ratings chasing, and make full use of their archives.
It was also the last major event Richard Dimbleby commentated on, the funeral was in January 1965 and he died of cancer in the December .
He had a severe stroke in January 1965 he died nine day's later he didn't have cancer check out Wiki, I remember they gave out regular update's on the Television about his condition.
I think we got a day off school
Richard Dimbleby died on 22nd Dec 1965 from testicular cancer. There is even a Dimbleby Cancer fund in his memory
http://www.dimblebycancercare.org/whos-who/richard-dimbleby
Isn't that more a sad reflection on our society than any grounds for criticism of its existence?
Churchill died in January, not Dimbleby, but it was Dimbleby's last major commentary.
It was a major public occasion and it is unlikely anything on the same scale will be ever seen again, certainly not for a commoner. I can remember watching it at the time but not the details so will be interested to watch it.
BBC Parliament has times when it can do this sort of thing without affecting its own programming so I cannot see why it should not be done. I am sure there will also be programmes looking back his life.
Not sure if I agree with that.
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2009
Can only have got worse with the state of British education.
Has he risen ?
Or will there be a 'give us your bloody money!' dvd release, so that you can enjoy the fun time and time again?
I have footage of a funeral from the First World War in my collection. It's the most remarkable piece of footage I own from the point of view of social history. I never tire of watching it. I see nothing wrong in it at all.
It's like saying there's something wrong in visiting cemeteries; again, I don't see the objection. I live close to Brompton Cemetery in London and it's one of the most beautiful open spaces in the whole city.
Oops sorry I thought you meant Churchill died of cancer.