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The 70th anniversary of the 1944 D-Day landings is to be marked by a series of programmes on BBC TV and radio.
Chris Evans will broadcast his Radio 2 breakfast show live from the Normandy beaches on 6 June, while Huw Edwards will present the corporation's coverage of the day's commemoration ceremonies.
A service of remembrance will also be broadcast live from Bayeux Cemetery.
Sophie Raworth will present four BBC One programmes about the event in the week leading up to the anniversary.
On BBC Two, historian James Holland will take a fresh look at the wider 77-day campaign in one-off documentary Normandy 44.