VE commemoration concert

[Mervyn and Trish]

Just been watching the VE Day commemoration concert. First thought is gratitude for the people who lived and fought through those dark times.

But second is for the BBC. A lot of people like to knock them and of course Auntie Beeb does get things wrong sometimes, especially since I stopped working for them!

But did Sky put on this concert? Or ITV? Or Netflix? Or the Daily Mail? No. The BBC did. And for that Auntie deserves due credit.

[towny44]

Didn't watch it Merv, but if the BBC put it on then I imagine they managed to sew some left wing propaganda into it.

[oldbluefox]

A very entertaining and moving experience. Well done the BBC.
And oddly enough nothing political about it at all.

[Not so ancient mariner]

Just been watching the VE Day commemoration concert. First thought is gratitude for the people who lived and fought through those dark times.

But second is for the BBC. A lot of people like to knock them and of course Auntie Beeb does get things wrong sometimes, especially since I stopped working for them!

I found it very appropriate, dignified and enjoyable. The only thing I noticed they got wrong was the very American sound track of a passing train.

[Brenda W]

Thought it was a very good show with a mix of talking to the veterans and music.

Brenda

[Mervyn and Trish]

Didn't watch it Merv, but if the BBC put it on then I imagine they managed to sew some left wing propaganda into it.

No unless Churchill was a closet communist.

[towny44]

Didn't watch it Merv, but if the BBC put it on then I imagine they managed to sew some left wing propaganda into it.

No unless Churchill was a closet communist.

Well he did always look pally with Stalin.

[Sarah62+]

We thoroughly enjoyed it. No propaganda, just good entertainment and well put together.

[Andrea S]

It is nice to see a post start in a positive way.

The BBC always comes up to expectations at such events. Although it was a joyous time some families never really recovered and there were many many children who were evacuated out of London who never saw their parents again.

I was 7 on VE Day so although I lived through the war I was too young to know a different way of life. Gas masks, air raid shelters , blackout curtains , no playing out in the street in case a siren went off were all part of a routine day. I was sheltered from the family members that were lost but I do remember going by my Grandmas house after it had been destroyed.
We had a wonderful party in our street and it was the first time I had seen so many people together. Lights came back on and as I know now we had come out of the darkness.