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Two churches in Lincolnshire will be covered in blankets of knitted poppies to mark Remembrance Sunday. Ladies from two churches have spent hundreds of hours knitting poppies for the memorial to mark the 100th anniversary of the ending of WW1 on the 11 hour of the 11th day of the 11th month 1918. More than 15000 poppies will hang on two churches - St Thomas' in Heighington and St Andrews in Hec...

Singer-songwriter Eric Bogle talks to filmmaker Dan Frodsham about the making of the documentary film, 'Eric Bogle: Return to No Man's Land'. The film sees him return to the battlefields of WW1, which provided the inspiration for some of his most famous work.

Eric Bogle talks about how he feels when he hears cover versions of ``No Man's Land/The green fields of France from You Tubers to Joss Stone.

Eric Bogle visits the Thiepval memorial which is located on the high ground overlooking the Somme River in France, where some of the heaviest fighting of the First World War took place. Inscribed on the walls of the memorial are the names of more than 72,000 missing soldiers from British and South African forces. Towering over 45 metres in height, it dominates the landscape for miles around and...

Eric Bogle goes to the Authuile cemetary in France where he sees that fans of his song: "No Man's Land/The green fields of France" have laid Remembrance crosses and red poppies mainly against the grave of W McBride. On reflection he says he feels privileged, humbled, guilty and angry about it but doesn't quite know why. There are 450 bodies buried at the cemetary but only 435 casualities have b...

During his return to the battlefields of the Somme, Eric Bogle reminisces on the tragedies of war. He visits the Grass Lane cemetery near Flers where British, Australian and German soldiers lie in rest. Despite the tragedy of the loss of millions of lives, Eric hopes a new generation will carry on the message of the song. A new generation of youtubers have taken up the call as they give their v...

Eric Bogle tells the story behind his famous Anti-war song: "No Man's land/The green fields of France". He returns to the battle fields of the Somme and drags up memories from the past and tells us his thinking behind the famous song.

Eric Bogle explains the reasons behind using the name Willie McBride in his famous song: "No Man's Land/The green fields of France". He was not referring to a real person but by chance two soldiers with the surname McBride were killed during WW1. Visitors to the cemetaries paid tribute to the gravesides of W McBride thinking he was the person referred to in the song. Others thought he was also ...

Eric Bogle is a Scottish Australian folk singer/songwriter. His two best known songs are: "No man's land/The green fields of France"; "And the band played waltzing Matilda". Bogle's songs have been covered by many artists from Joss Stone, Billy Bragg; The Pogues; The Fureys; the Dubliners and The Corries to name a few. On 25 January 1987, Eric Bogle was appointed a Member of the Order of Austra...

The battle of the Somme summed up WW 1. It was a stalemate costing thousands of lives - all for a few feet of ground which was won and lost. It was just one of the many battles in the war to end all wars. A whole generation of young men were killed and maimed and the whole map of Europe was re-drawn when the guns finally fell silent at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month. This is th...