{"id":9869,"date":"2014-06-06T07:34:06","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T11:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=9869"},"modified":"2014-06-06T07:43:08","modified_gmt":"2014-06-06T11:43:08","slug":"bbc-broadcasts-original-d-day-news-scripts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/bbc-broadcasts-original-d-day-news-scripts\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC broadcasts original D-Day news scripts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/800px-Into_the_Jaws_of_Death_23-0455M_edit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9870\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/800px-Into_the_Jaws_of_Death_23-0455M_edit.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Chief Photographer's Mate (CPHoM) Robert F. Sargent \" width=\"800\" height=\"644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/800px-Into_the_Jaws_of_Death_23-0455M_edit.jpg 800w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/800px-Into_the_Jaws_of_Death_23-0455M_edit-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/800px-Into_the_Jaws_of_Death_23-0455M_edit-100x80.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today is the 70th anniversary of <a title=\"More about D-Day\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Normandy_landings\" target=\"_blank\">D-Day<\/a>: the WWII Normandy invasion.<\/p>\n<p>In honor,\u00a0the BBC has been broadcasting the original radio news scripts throughout the day, at the same time of day they would have been originally broadcast. The news scripts are being read by Benedict Cumberbatch, Patrick Stewart and Toby Jones; <a title=\"BBC Radio 4\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p01zkdry\" target=\"_blank\">the complete set of recordings is available online<\/a>. You can follow along by reading scans of the original scripts.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/emp\/embed\/smpEmbed.html?playlist=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fiplayer%2Fplaylist%2Fp020drml&amp;title=Today%3A%2006%2F06%2F2014%3A%20Benedict%20Cumberbatch%20reads%20the%208am%20news%20from%20D-Day&amp;product=iplayer\" width=\"400\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333;\"><a title=\"BBC\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p01zkdry\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to view the list of recordings<\/a>. It appears that they are available to anyone, regardless of geographic location. There doesn&#8217;t appear to be a time limit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is the 70th anniversary of D-Day: the WWII Normandy invasion. In honor,\u00a0the BBC has been broadcasting the original radio news scripts throughout the day, at the same time of day they would have been originally broadcast. The news scripts are being read by Benedict Cumberbatch, Patrick Stewart and Toby Jones; the complete set of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,305,288],"tags":[104,1347,3000,3001,677,676],"class_list":["post-9869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","tag-bbc","tag-bbc-radio-4","tag-d-day","tag-d-day-news","tag-world-war-ii","tag-wwii"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2zb","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":59910,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/wwii-radio-history-d-day-broadcasting-and-communications\/","url_meta":{"origin":9869,"position":0},"title":"WWII Radio History: D-Day broadcasting and communications","author":"Thomas","date":"June 4, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Kris Partridge, who writes: With the imminent approach, Thursday, June 6, 2024, of the 80th anniversary of D-Day, followed by operation Overlord. Being both a radio amateur and in the broadcast industry , I have done a little research and find the two items,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Operation-Overlord-D-Day.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Operation-Overlord-D-Day.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Operation-Overlord-D-Day.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Operation-Overlord-D-Day.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Operation-Overlord-D-Day.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1132,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/bbc-report-on-the-restoration-of-a-wwii-tunny-machine\/","url_meta":{"origin":9869,"position":1},"title":"BBC report on the restoration of a WWII Tunny Machine","author":"Thomas","date":"May 28, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Occasionally, I happen upon news articles that are only marginally shortwave radio related but certainly embody the spirit and nostalgia of radio. This is such an article. Kudos to the BBC for reporting on the full restoration of a WWII era Tunny decipher machine. Click here to read article and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"BBC\"","block_context":{"text":"BBC","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/tag\/bbc\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/53026851_tunnyrebuildstephenfleming-300x168.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13664,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/bbc-at-war-new-series-sheds-light-on-wwii-broadcasting\/","url_meta":{"origin":9869,"position":2},"title":"BBC At War: new series sheds light on WWII broadcasting","author":"Thomas","date":"June 17, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to several\u00a0SWLing Post readers from the UK who have pointed out this new BBC Two documentary: The BBC at War, Presented by Jonathan Dimbleby. 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