__________THE LAST TOMMY _____________THINK THIS WILL BE WORTH WATCHING_________

[RTKangaMummy]

TUESDAY 08 NOVEMBER



Documentary

The Last Tommy

9:00pm - 10:00pm

BBC1 London & South East




VIDEO Plus+: 5717
Subtitled, Widescreen





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It's impossible not to be moved by this two-part film, which tells the stories of Britain's last surviving First World War veterans, or "tommies". When filming on the project began three years ago, just 27 of the millions who fought during the war were still alive. Today, only four of these remarkable men survive. Their stories are poignant, and sometimes heartbreaking, and bring home more vividly than any dramatised documentary ever could, the horrors of the so-called "war to end all wars". Alfred Anderson, who's 109, is the last tommy alive to have witnessed the Christmas truce of 1914, when the soldiers on both sides stopped fighting. His testimony, and that of his fellows, is remarkable.

RT reviewer: Alison Graham





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[puff]

Oh thanks for the reminder Kanga - I really wanted to see this. Am preparing to be very moved and get a box of tissues ready.

[RTKangaMummy]

You're welcome

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[puff]

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[WhizzzBangWhizzz]

I think these progs are amazing. Some remarkable stories

[RTKangaMummy]

I think it will be worth watching

I am recording it so DH can see it

[Marina]

Hello Kanga, you're back

[RTKangaMummy]

Yes am here

[puff]

This was incredibly moving. I was amazed too at how fit some of these chaps are at over 100 years old.

The description of the man dying from terrible shrapnel wounds and how he called "Mother" at the end, as though he were meeting her in the next life. I have been thinking of this all day. The horrors of war indeed .

[RTKangaMummy]

part 2 tonight

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ON NOW