ノルマンディー上陸作戦70周年記念で様々な特番が組まれているBBC。ベネディクト・カンバーバッチは、1944.06.06の真夜中に読み上げられたニュースを読み上げました。
BBC Radio 4:Benedict Cumberbatch reads the D-Day midnight news
Benedict Cumberbatch reads part of the original radio news script from 6 June, 1944.
また、D-Dayに関係したラジオドラマ『Mike Walker - The Biggest Secret』も再放送されています。
BBC Radio 4 Extra:Mike Walker - The Biggest Secret
4 Extra Debut. In the early hours of 5 June 1944, Captain Rob Collins, who is languishing in hospital, receives a call that will take him on a journey through England that will change his life.
Mike Walker’s play is an epic journey across England poised on the edge of a historical moment. It is set on June 5th the day before the invasion. It is a portrait of England waiting for the invasion that will change the course of history, but an invasion only a very few know that is about happen.