FROM AMIENS TO ARMISTICE 10 | Reflections on the Centenary of the Battle of Amiens
Channel: ChromeRadio
Date: 31/03/2019

A series of podcasts commissioned by UCL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION'S FIRST WORLD WAR CENTENARY EDUCATION PROGRAMME to mark the CENTENARY of the BATTLE OF AMIENS on 8 August 1918.

In August 2018, students from across the United Kingdom joined students from France, the United States, Canada and Australia on the Western Front to commemorate the Battle of Amiens. This podcast series, recorded mostly during that battlefield tour, tell the story of the Battle of Amiens in the wider context of the First World War and the road to armistice.

In this podcast, we mark the CENTENARY of the BATTLE OF AMIENS with a series of reflections from representatives of the Allied nations, recorded during the battlefield tour at the Château de Flixecourt and Amiens Cathedral.

CONTRIBUTORS | THE RT HON JEREMY WRIGHT, MP, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport | DR ANDREW MURRISON, MP, Prime Minister's Special Representative for the Commemoration of the First World War Centenary | MONIQUE SEEFRIED, Commissioner, US WW1 Centennial Commission | THE HON SEAMUS O'REGAN MP, Minister of Veterans Affairs & Associate Minister of National Defence, Government of Canada | COLONEL SCOTT CLINGAN, Australian Defence Force Attaché for WW1 Western Front Commemorations | COLONEL ANTHONY EGAN, Defence Attaché, Australian Embassy, Paris | Members of the group representing FRANCE on the battlefield tour | BOB LEWIS, Director, British Council, France | MONSEIGNEUR OLIVIER LEBORGNE, Bishop of Amiens | REVEREND DR DAVID COULTER, Chaplain General to HM Land Forces | NICK PERRY, Permanent Secretary, Department of Justice, Northern Ireland.

READINGS | Cadet PO1 Jenna McKay, ROYAL CANADIAN SEA CADET - Cadet Sergeant Heidi Kelly, ROYAL CANADIAN AIR CADET - Sergeant Quentin Davis, INFANTRY BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, US ARMY - AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE CADET - Sydnee Thorne, DUKE OF YORK ROYAL MILITARY SCHOOL, DOVER.

MUSIC | Land of Promise (Terry Devine-King) licensed courtesy of audionetwork | Music from the service in Notre Dame Cathedral, Amiens, on 8 August 2018 marking the Centenary of the Battle of Amiens - performers include an international military band led by the CENTRAL BAND OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, and the National Youth Choir of Great Britain.

IMAGE | Notre Dame Cathedral, Amiens - ChromeRadio

PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio for UCL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION'S FIRST WORLD WAR CENTENARY EDUCATION PROGRAMME | Executive Producer - Simon Bendry | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.