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CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews the weekend's TV: D-Day heroes innocence shines through in this peerless tribute
When Rishi Sunak announced plans to bring back National Service last month, a chorus of Jeremiah voices proclaimed it impossible.
Wally Parr, a former private with the 6th Airborne Division, served in the unit that struck the first blow of the Allied invasion of northern France, the surprise attack on an inland canal crossing known as Pegasus Bridge. Wally Parr, a former private with the 6th Airborne Division, served in the unit that struck the first blow of the Allied invasion of northern France , the surprise attack on an inland canal crossing known as Pegasus Bridge This three-part documentary, continuing tonight and tomorrow, uses actors who lip-synch as reel-to-reel recordings of interviews with veterans play, the sound digitally enhanced.
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