Firefighter strike, Band of Brothers and the Great Burbage Bake Off
We are on the picket line at Swindon Fire Station as firefighters strike, searching for Band of Brothers stories and raising money for Children in Need. Shaun Hodgetts sits in.
Shaun Hodgetts sits in with coverage from the picket line at Swindon Fire Station as firefighters in Wiltshire are on strike this morning.
We are also searching for Band of Brothers stories and hearing how you can help us raise money for Children in Need by rolling up your sleeves and baking a cake at our Great Burbage Bake Off.
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Band of Brothers Tour - Part One
Duration: 03:49
Band of Brothers
This autumn it's 70 years since the so called Band of Brothers arrived in Wiltshire.
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The efforts of Easy Company who were part of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, were chronicled by author and historian Stephen E. Ambrose in a book and later adapted听to a听screenplay听by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg.
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All this week, Ben Prater tours the county in a US army command car searching for the real stories of Easy Company and all the other American units that once called Wiltshire home.
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Listen to clips from the tour
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Broadcast
- Mon 4 Nov 2013 06:30大象传媒 Radio Wiltshire
