HMS FORWARD
BBC Film unit with David Dimbleby Saturday 8th sept 2012
By Richard Beckett
David Dimbleby & a BBC film crew were at the HMS Forward Tunnels today filming part of a series in which David travels from Portsmouth to Dover discovering about Coastal defence around the South Coast during WW2. Geoff Ellis was on hand to explain about the tunnels and the part they played in monitoring shipping movements in the Channel during the war. I understand that the Series, entitled "Britain & the sea", will go out in November 2012, and that it will be the second programme in the series to be broadcast.
David & Geoff meet.
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Geoff in discussion with the producer.
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David in discussion with the producer
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David approaching the entrance to tunnels
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"Is that the entrance?"
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Through the jungle
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I made it and Geoff is waiting
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David & the Crew disappear into the bowels of the earth
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Filming completed
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Discussing the U-boat deck gun at the museum
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