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The Gate of the Year
Episode 3 of 6
The Gate of the Year: Peggy Reynolds hears the story behind the poem King George VI quoted in his first Christmas broadcast on 25th December 1939.
The Gate of the Year: Peggy Reynolds hears the story behind the poem King George VI quoted in his first Christmas broadcast on 25th December 1939, written by the unknown Minnie Louise Haskins. It takes her from an unassuming suburb of Bristol to Sandringham, via the correspondence pages of The Times and the hand of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, and it has popped up at the opening of two world wars and on countless teatowels, Internet sites and books of inspirational verse.
Producer Christine Hall.
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Christmas Day 2010
23:30
成人快手 Radio 4 FM
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- Sun 19 Dec 2010 16:30成人快手 Radio 4
- Christmas Day 2010 23:30成人快手 Radio 4 FM