BBC Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance, 2018 | BBC One (10.11.2018)
Huw Edwards presents the Royal British Legion’s annual Festival of Remembrance from the Royal Albert Hall in London. In the presence of Her Majesty the Queen and members of the royal family, Sir Tom Jones, Sheridan Smith, Sir Bryn Terfel, Tom Fletcher and Danny Jones, Sheku Kanneh-Mason and the Kingdom Choir perform alongside the Central Band of the Royal Air Force and the Band of HM Royal Marines.
On the eve of the centenary of the Armistice, the event is a tribute to the remarkable generation who contributed to the First World War.
Credits
Role Contributor
Presenter Huw Edwards
Performer Tom Jones
Performer Sheridan Smith
Performer Bryn Terfel
Performer Tom Fletcher
Performer Sheku Kanneh-Mason
Performer Danny Jones
Performer The Kingdom Choir
Music Group The Central Band of the Royal Air Force
Music Group The Band of HM Royal Marines
Editor Claire Popplewell
Executive Producer Joanne Vaughan-Jones
Producer Rosheen Archer
Director Bridget Caldwell
26 Responses
In 1991 I visited Arromanches with my parents. In 2019 I visited Arromanches with my kids. We will never forget the brave people who shed their blood so next generations could live in freedom.
Beautiful
God Save the Queen 🇬🇧
Can someone list the songs that were rendered by order?
Did anyone in the audience actually enjoy it? Doesn’t look like it
4:55 – damn that car insurance comparison website!!!!!
Is it me or does the woman in the air force smiling get you annoyed I mean nobody else is
Respect from Ajax Amsterdam you English people have a great history
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Shamefully, The afgan war can never be match in a festival of Remembrance, as long as It was not an a response to agression, instead of a war maketh by a external power as USA.
Huw Edwards forgot to also mention the Boys Brigade And Church Lads Brigade who also both played a huge part in not only the First World War but the second one also. Funny how the BBC only ever mention the Scouts. Both the Boys Brigade And Church Lads Brigade had members involved in the actual trench warfare as many BB companies rallied to the call to arms to assist in Britain’s hour of need in WW1 by becoming part of the governments cadet scheme initiative. Not all BB companies enlisted though. Some just acted as messengers or provided firefighting duties and stretcher bearers. The Church Lads Brigade had a huge role in the actual fighting side of the war too. The Church Lads Brigade were affiliated to the Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Which is why they have the red flash up the sides of their trousers. I just wish the BBC would stop being so blatantly biased and call it as it is. The Boys Brigade And Church Lads Brigade both carried on their sense of duty during WW2,. Both doing firefighting duties and helping sort through bombed buildings and many other wartime duties.
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4:28 Go compare!
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Let's not forget the Promise to the troops 3 weeks after D-Day for stabilization of world currencies,as a foundation for a lasting peace.
Churchill called for Stabilization of world currencies as a foundation for a lasting peace and international cooperation since at least 1925 but then he had been an officer of the crown in the trenches of ww1 and seen many an agonizing death of young soldiers in that war.
Promised "home fit for heroes and war to end all wars"
According to my Aunt working at Bletchley park for Churchill during ww2.
Pat Moylan fill of honour Bletchley park.it didn't work so they had to find new words as home fit for heroes and war to end all wars would have been too upsetting for the soldiers WW 2.
https://youtu.be/25JGQboAEPw
I just look for shawn mendez and Anne-Marie
Mad Colin Thackeray was in this before he was famous
I have utter respect for the queen long live the queen I'm very patriotic about great Britain and the commonwealththats why I want to join the army when I'm older
Became too much of a Tom Jones show last year. Not enough military. Too much singing. Stop making this a show.
what's title song at 1:06:30 :((
Live or hate the monarchy they are great now
2019 version?
Brilliant this makes me proud to be British and happy that we have very brave servicemen serving our nation
1:16:00 Jerusalem
1:11:31 The most British thing I have ever heard.
"The Commonwealth"
colonialism intensifies
My grandfather served with the American Expeditionary Forces, U.S. Army, in France towards the end. I cannot say truly in words what this festival of remembrance meant to me. It reflected the utmost in human feeling about that period, the lives affected. Sir Bryn Terfel, carrying on the tradition of great Welsh singers with Roses of Picardy. Wow, emotion. Simply magnificent. Thanks to those who arranged this unforgettable event. God bless those who fought for freedom, and their families who suffered loss and anxiety. We must not ever forget the Great War and those who served. It must not be cast aside as some long ago event. It's present, here and now – in each of us in the West – as free peoples.