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New BBC Two series: The Somme 1916 – From Both Sides of the Wire
For the past 12-18 months I have been working as Historical Consultant on the three part BBC2 series, ‘The Somme 1916 – From Both Sides of the Wire’. Written and presented by my colleague Peter Barton, the series aims to show a previously neglected corroborative view of the battle, using material from the vast and mainly untapped German archives.
Programme website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07lst9b
The first programme is tonight at 9pm on BBC2 where to buy tramadol with the other two at the same time on 25 July and 1 August.
Peter Barton – filming at Newfoundland Memorial Park, Beaumont Hamel
Peter Barton – standing in the German lines in front of Montauban. Across these fields British soldiers and advanced and captured the village on 1 July 1916
I came across this site whilst searching for background material to this programme. The programme provided a fascinating insight that I had not see before and I wondered if Peter had any plans to publish anything further about his researches in this area?
Hi Gareth,
Many thanks for the comment. Yes, Peter is working on a book based on his research in the German archives. It does not focus solely on the Somme.
No idea of publication date yet – it will be at least a year.
All best,
Jeremy
My Grandfather of the same name served with the RN Division and was wounded at Beaumont Hamel, just before that he was wounded at Gallipoli, just thought you might be interested
Many thanks William. 13 November 1916 a bloody day indeed.