The BBC marks Remembrance Week 2021 with a range of original and live programming broadcast across TV and radio.
Important events including Remembrance Sunday: The Cenotaph on (Sunday, November 14) and A special Songs of Praise episode (Sunday, November 14, 1.15pm) to commemorate Remembrance Sunday.
Pam Rhodes will also visit the Poppy factory in Kent to mark 100 years of the Royal British Legion and its poppy appeal - exploring the origins of the charity and why its purpose in supporting veterans and leading the nation in Remembrance remains so important.
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Here’s the BBC Remembrance Week 2021 TV and radio schedule.
Thursday, November 11
Two Minutes Silence – Remembrance Day, 10:59am, BBC One.
The annual two minutes silence is set to take place on Remembrance Day Thursday.
My First Festivals: Remembrance Day, 11:05am, CBeebies
A special episode of the series airs in honour of Remembrance Day.
Horrible Histories, 11:05am, CBBC
Horrible Histories’ Frightful First World War special.
Dan Cruickshank’s Monuments of Remembrance, 8pm, BBC Four
Dan Cruickshank reveals the extraordinary story behind the design and building of iconic First World War memorials.
Saturday, November 13
The Lord Mayor’s Show, 10:30am, BBC One
BBC One’s coverage of the annual ceremonial parade through London.
Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance 2021, 9pm, BBC One
Huw Edwards hosts coverage of this annual Festival of Remembrance, attended by senior members of the Royal Family. Alfie Boe, Cynthia Erivo, Gregory Porter, Jack Savoretti and Alexandra Burke are set to perform, while Tomos Roberts will read his commissioned poem to mark 100 years of the poppy appeal.
Sunday, November 14
Remembrance Sunday: The Cenotaph, 10:15am, BBC One
David Dimbleby hosts live coverage of the Remembrance Sunday commemorations, with representatives of the Royal Family, the Government, the Commonwealth and the Armed Forces gathering in Westminster for the service.
Songs of Praise, 1:15pm, BBC One
Sean Fletcher marks Remembrance Sunday at the Imperial War Museum North in Manchester with a Songs of Praise special.
Remembrance Sunday, 6:50pm, BBC Two
David Dimbleby presents highlights from the morning’s Westminster service.
They Shall Not Grow Old, 9pm, BBC Four
Archive footage more than a century old edited by Lord of the Rings filmmaker Peter Jackson.
The Art of WWII: A Culture Show Special, 11:35pm, BBC Four
Alastair Sooke explores the overlooked history of Britain’s wartime renaissance.
Remembrance Day radio schedule
Saturday, November 13
Festival of Remembrance 2021, 8pm, BBC Radio 2
Paddy O’Connell presents highlights from the Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall.
Sunday, November 14
Remembrance Sunday and Alexandra Burke, 6am, BBC Radio 2
Reverend Kate Bottley and Jason Mohammad mark Remembrance Sunday with musical guests and an interview with Alexandra Burke.
Ceremony of Remembrance from the Cenotaph, 10:30am, BBC Radio 4
Paddy O’Connell hosts live coverage from the Remembrance Sunday ceremony at the Cenotaph.
Elaine Paige on Sunday: Remembrance Sunday, 1pm, BBC Radio 2
Elaine Paige hosts a Remembrance Sunday special of her weekly show.
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