'We’ll Meet Again' - Katherine Jenkins brings the nation together in song | VE Day 75 - BBC
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Watch the BBC first on iPlayer 👉 bbc.in/iPlayer... Katherine Jenkins brings the nation together to perform Dame Vera Lynn's 'We’ll Meet Again'.
To mark the 75th anniversary of VE day, in these unprecedented times, the BBC and the Royal British Legion honour and celebrate the Second World War generation with an evening of memories and music.
Featuring some of those who remember this historic day, and some of Britain’s favourite performers, including Katherine Jenkins, Adrian Lester, Anton Du Beke, Beverley Knight, Helen George, Sharon D Clarke, Shane Richie and Emma Barton, entertaining us with popular songs of the era.
In a fitting finale at 9pm, the nation is asked to unite for a very special rendition of We’ll Meet Again as a gesture of thanks to our veterans and in memory of our loved ones.
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Rest in Peace Dame Vera Lynn. Voice of an heroic generation.
Indeed did very well to get to 103
She did very well and had one long life. R.I.P Dame Vera Lynn
I made a special video dedicated to her. please comment and share what you think.
RIP 🙏🙏🙏
So true
Rest in peace Dame Vera Lynn (1917-2020) 103 years old not a bad life at all.
Thank you Britain. This makes me even more proud to be British. A Queen who unites us as a nation in difficult times, and our people who stand together to remember past heroes and celebrate our current ones. You make me cry tears of joy, pride and humility. What a great nation. Thank you.
Y'wot?! I took an ancestry dna test and I had over 20,000 matches, many of which proves that my ancestry on paper is not as "clean" as it seems. Many Brits in centuries past have hidden countless sexual flings, affairs and more secrets right to their grave until today, where I've come to realise the nationalistic fervor is nothing but a cover.
Mot only british celebrate VE day the whole europe does ve day stands for victory in europe
I’ve got bad news..
Even though I'm American, I agree with you
Yes
You have to love the people of the UK. They never give up, ever! I’m so emotional, now. Love from Italy.
That was the old Brits. We are weak now.
@@MyNameSucksBad82 Speak for yourself, my friend. The ability to acknowledge vulnerability is strength.
MyNameSucksBad We are still stalwart. The populace voted for Brexit, that shows the people are still have that innate Britishness.
i gave up on my science homework
@@MyNameSucksBad82 um exuse me
I like this! I am an American and a great admirer of the British people. I certainly appreciate your stalwart, courageous character and EVERYONE in the western world especially should be thankful for the extreme sacrifice your nation displayed during one of the darkest periods of the last century. I admire your Queen for her unwavering sense of duty and commitment and for her gracious, dignified manner.God Bless.
mercy triumps shes British and shes a reflection of the British stiff upper lip. Keep calm and carry on.
The UK and US are the western world. The amount of comments against our two countries on here and by, ironically, people that owe everything to both.
@@tigger8941 Who is Katherine Jenkins? I have never heard of her or seen her before.
@@MP-uo6qd Welsh singer. A beautiful lady.
mercy triumps To be fair if it wasn’t for America we wouldn’t have got out the war
RIP Vera, keep smiling through, just like you do... we'll meet again some sunny day!
I just have to say as an American that the British are such wonderful people 🇬🇧
Love you too Jay!
And you are jolly nice too.
Jay Savage COUGH. You should come here and you might change your mind
As an Italian I have to say something nice but without using hands is not effective, let me try: 👍😊👏❤️🤔🍕🙏🤞🇮🇹see you soon
You bet, the Brits have the Queen, we got Trump!
I am Canadian ! My mother sang this song while my father was in Europe during WW2, for 2.5 years. At 96, she now lives in a Nursing home. As soon as we can visit, I will make sure that she listens to this beautiful rendition.
Did she like it? Hope she’s okay
World war 11 my god I knew about one and two but when did the the other 9 happen
There were more than two world wars?!
I can't let this day go by without remembering...I was seven years old...didn't really know then the significance of it all. Tonight I'm crying like a baby with gratitude for those who paid the price...
do not shed tears for patriots, love them
@@craigmoore8414 how do you claim to love someone if you aren't sad when they die?
@@caigeorgenowicki6886 dear sir, I read the book , Martin Luther ? Spanish inquisition ? yes, i was 11
JOSEPH TOTH
It was a difficult day
Australian here, the British are a powerful people. If anyone can pull through the pandemic, it would be the ones who pulled through the Blitz.
Sam
I love Aussies, the blitz we won’t forget its 79 years
Thank you mate. That means a lot
Too right mate. But we’ll pull our Aussie brothers and sisters with us
We are all being Blitz now....... except for you guys. You did it right.
mfh2112
The blitz was 79 years ago
The Brits just know how to do it. Beautiful.
We love to feel proud so singing songs that honour our country feels amazing
Very well said tsukkishimachii
That made me cry but the tears were of happiness and hope.
Hang in there we will be out of this soon.
Me too 😉
We will meet again... Much love from Australia ❤️❤️❤️
Vintage Dreams
Aw, I love you my friends in Australia
Good for you, Brits.
From you neighbour 🇮🇪
Jeremy Walker hope you’re all doing well mate
❤️❤️❤️
I’m from Ireland too stay well mate🇮🇪🇮🇪
Even though I'm an American I sang in solidarity with all of Britain earlier. I just now saw this video after watching the queen's speech and started crying and singing all over again .
Claudia Rouse
I cried all day
I even had the air raid warnings playing too
God Bless you.
Bless you Claudia . 🙏 🇬🇧 !
Even as an American that brought a tear to my eye. Thank you for this it was beautiful.
Igotthatgoinforme hope you’re all doing well too. From Leeds. The UK here
@@Rebelscum264 hope your doing well from Sunderland mate
Hope you and your family are safe from Sunderland (the UK)
From Portugal to everyone in Great Britain this is a beautiful version of the fabulous Dame Vera Lynn song. You should all be very proud. God bless Great Britain.
God bless Portugal from England
Thank you Luis. Lots of love and respect to you and your beautiful country.
Wonderful. I pray some day we will be united like this again in America.
then rejoin the commonwealth and have your queen back,
Jane Deacon Deacon I’m down for that
Just say the word and we will have you back
From Ireland, I love this song. The British done it right here. Stay safe people🇮🇪👍
Anthony- Cheers!
Finally someone who puts our past hate to one side 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇨🇮🇨🇮🇬🇧🇬🇧🇨🇮🇨🇮
So much better than the celebrities singing Imagine!
Well said, Joe, I think we've all noticed how so many of them are pulling stunts, just to get noticed, "It's all about Meeee! :(
joe dawson agreed I thought that was chronic ... this was truly lovely ❤️ a tear to my eye... in a good way .. stay safe 🙏🏻❤️
Nothing wrong with John Lennon's song Imagine. The song is a classic just like We'll Meet Again albeit from a different era. It's comparing apples to oranges, they're both great songs.
@@SoulShines4U yes, but at the end of the day they are both fruits to be served and enjoyed in their own special way.
May the legend Vera Lynn rest in peace.
Here's hoping her songs can invigorate many generations to come. If our more ancient songs can still strive in these ages then hers should cope well as long as people can understand our English and translate it.
Beautiful! That's the UK for you, keep calm and carry on singing!
This is amazing, I feel privilieged to be fluent in english and to have spent those years there, in Kent, where I learnt so many things I see just in this beautiful video. We'll meet again some sunny day, from a french girl with a french and british heart. I cried my eyes out too
May Britain always be a light of the free world, lots of love from Brazil 🇧🇷❤️🇬🇧
Let us hope the peace will prevail and thank you for all your help and aid during those times of peril. Warmest regards from Russia.
Very sad to hear Dame Vera Lynn's passing. A legendary singer who still inspired us more than 70 years after she first recorded this classic song. May she rests in peace....
I’ve known the lyrics to this song since I was about 7 years old:.. it’s always been my grandma’s favourite song, she was 8 on VE Day, her dad was a LCPL in the royal logistic corps during ww2.... my husband is now a LCPL too.
My grandma is now in a care home because she has Alzheimer’s, she tested positive for COVID19 this week, I’ve listened to this song so many times, I’m praying she pulls through so we actually get the chance to meet again, even just one more time! The care assistants are absolute angels!
Keep fighting grandma so we can meet again!
All the best for your grandmother and your family
I pray your grandmother pulls through, I would love to see her face if you played this for her.
They say Britain is the United States' mother country. "Love you, Mom!"
Thank you for your service grandpa
Mine started serving at the end of the war. Very proud of everyone who has been brave enough to serve our country, whether on the battlefield or at home.
Woke up in chilly ol Perth WA to this.utterly utterly brilliant!..makes me smile and tear up all at once.....proud of the ties that bind us still during these times of loss and upheaval ..🐨
I live in Safety Bay, WA and I just watched this thinking it was going to be “just a bit of a sing song” ...well, I’m now in floods of tears 😭 how moving was this?! Anniversaries like this really bring out the best in people ❤️
A Flutter of Feminine Confusion
On this day I woke up in a mess
Tears of sadness and happiness - thank you everyone from New Zealand.
Nz is an amazing country
Fantastic, as a Welshman living in Spain in lockdown this is just what i needed. God Bless our Queen.
beautiful. you can see why this song got our parents & grandparent through the ugliness of the war can you?
One of the most beautiful songs ever written.
Beautiful. God bless the UK
Jolene Ann Turner
Thank you from the uk x
I still have my VE Day stuff up
One of the best songs in UK history just a shame this fantastic lady has gone to the angels. 😢😢
1 like = 1 prayer
I have always loved this song,and Dame Vera, it makes me think of the sacrifices my parents generation went through. You have given it an added meaning of hope for these tough times. Thank you.
I can’t believe I’m saying this but every time u here thus song I try not to cry
I remember my late mum telling me of when she was a child going to the railway station in Newcastle to see her father off to war. Her father was a 39 year old career solder who had joined the RAMC as a boy - it was 1939/40 and the British Army was moving to France. He was later evacuated from Dunkirk and survived the war rank Captain. My mum spoke of how the train station was filled with thousands of troops and after emotion had prevented her from speaking more, I realised she was trying to tell me that the soldiers had all began to sing.
Absolutely, Perfectly, British! Thank you UK!
Absolutely fantastic, very heart lifting for times present, and respectful to times past. Thank you.
I watched this go out live earlier and I don't mind admitting I got emotional at the end and shed a tear.
Illustraful
The 11am I cried
It felt like November 11th my stressful day
I am Canadian. I was diagnosed with COVID 19 in April. In quarantine this song helped me get through the worst time in my life. I played this song over and over. THANK YOU GREAT BRITAIN!STAY POSITIVE AND STAY STRONG! We will OVERCOME the terrible virus
I'm not crying.... you're crying. 😭😭😭
👏👏👏
Absolutely brilliant performance and very moving.
Great admiration for the Britz, greatest ally the U.S. has
ok im crying
THE UK IS SO AMAZING I LOVE THIS COUNTRY AND THIS SONG AND DURING THIS PANDEMIC IT JUST HITS ME SO MUCH HARDER THAN IT WOULD NORMALLY AND JUST
AAAA I CANT
•Ludwig•
If it didn’t happen then I would’ve gone out
I salute my Uncles, Grandfathers, who served with the mighty 8 th USAF and praise UK for its inceptual Guidance Dear Queen Mother !
im happy too see the Americans respecting their mother country in these comments. america is the greatest ally britians has
I’m absolutely balling with tears right now
Nia Powell
I should have known bill sypher didn’t wright this
you should be...we are under attack RIGHT NOW.....WAKE UP....
okay
Nia Powell
I almost cried earlier
Oh my have I cried thank you to the many who gave so much ❤
God Save the Queen, God Bless Britain the Commonwealth and All Her People
A teary Canadian thanks you! 🇬🇧
This is so uplifting 😊👍🏼
Agree!
I found it so emotional reading all the lovely comments from people from all different nations. Thank you so much. I have so much love and respect for you all, we’re all in this together and I can’t wait to visit some of your beautiful nations when this is all over.
Simply beautiful and thank you from another American. Britain was the calm in the storm before the US joined the worldwide conflict. This was played at my Grandfather's funeral a number of years ago. His Squadron stationed near an RAF base in England and later Northern Ireland before and after he went to North Africa. He had many fond words for the tenacious, strong, and optimistic Brits.
This song literally had me in tears.
The song that helped you then and helps us now xxxx we got this Britain xxx
I live in the USA but I am still British from Belfast N.Ireland. I remember sitting by the radio with my mother and listening to Dame Vera Lynn sing this and other songs like The White Cliffs of Dover. I clearing remember the bombs and how she made everyone's spirits high just listening to her wonderful voice. Nothing like her today, lots of Rappers. Thank you dear Vera and god bless.
The Best Song Ever Thankyou To The VE War Heros For Fighting For Us For Freedom We Have Today In This Country England Which I Salute Every Single Soldier Man And Woman You Are Heros In My Eyes Never Ever Forget What You Did For Us ....
Absolutely marvelous! Well done, everyone and yes, we'll meet again one sunny day!
So moving, thank you Katherine and ALL the singers and musicians, what a wonderful tonic!
Beautiful. We’ll meet again.
I live in France, I love the British people, the Queen and your diversity which is beautifully shown in this amazing video
marienosoucy thank you. And your great nation too. Stay safe x
We are deeply saddened about Vera Lynn and she was one of the best singers we have ever had. RIP Vera.
What a brilliant tribute to Vera Lynn and the brave souls who kept us free. Proud to be British.
To my cousin's across the pond thank you!! Don't forget about us were still best friends! Cheers mates! Mark in Milwaukee Wisconsin USA 🍻🇺🇸
Here today September 8, 2022.
Listening to this song in remembrance of Queen Elizabeth.
🥲
Such a beautiful song and performance by everyone, very heart warming x i just wish they would have included our other very important emergency service that are working so very very hard in a tough and often thankless job. Our Police Force. They are risking themselves and their families too. I know a few officers that saw this and do feel utterly forgotten and dejected throughout this crisis. Please support our officers too x
I have only recently discovered Katherine Jenkins. Unfortunately I suffer from a condition called treatment resistant depression. As the name of this condition suggests my depression is almost constant however when I hear Katherine Jenkins sing (especially Christian hymns) my depression lifts for a short period. I thank you Katherine from the bottom of my heart and will always be in your debt. Sincerely thankyou.
This bring me to tears...I am german and uselly travel to England....every year......I love this land deeply....wish you all the best take care and God bless you all....England we love you 🇬🇧♥️ so much...
A day for British people to celebrate the british victory!! long live the queen, long live the UK
It was a Soviet victory, the brits were a very small part of it.
It was not just a British victory, we marched alongside nearly the entire
@@PaulEcosse Youre both wrong - soviets would have crumbled without our aid and the british army was made up mainly of commonwealth soldiers. As well as fighting alongside the USA. Ultimately it was a victory against fascism lets not forget that.
Ecosse we still won though didn’t we. Btw I’m a history teacher. 🇬🇧🏴
@@PaulEcosse Typical left wing loon.
Guess that is why it's called GREAT Britain. Thank you all.
Happy VE day!!! Remembering my great uncle Dyksta who was in the U.S Airborne during WW 2 and fought in the Netherlands! A Bridge too Far.
Mark in Milwaukee WI USA
Not old enough to remember the war but my parents would remember the privations and sacrifice of those who fought and their loved ones left behind.
This is a beautiful tribute that brought me to tears.
Lest we forget.
My grandparents were crying watching this
So did I pal.
Silent Service... or service in silent
I did and I am 20
Penguin 99
Being almost 18 the War hasn’t stressed me out for quite some time
The first 3 weeks of lockdown No Mans Land was getting worse
France thanks the United Kingdom for showing to the world what being a nation is. Thank you.
Hi to France, I have just got to say that your country is a beautiful one with such lovely people. Thank you for being our ally and I'm glad to call you a friend to the UK.
French people will stand with their fellow englishmen
@@lucchang they will mate and we will stand with the Frenchmen every day of the week
World war and France ? Lol
@NORMAN F. That's the government, not the people.
I watched this again just now after hearing of the sad news of the passing of dame Vera Lynn...a truly inspiring song from one of Britain's greatest daughters. A very sad day. Rest in peace
British people really know how to make things look perfect and cool👌
Lots of love from Bangladesh ❤️❤️❤️
So wonderful. I'm proudly singing along with the UK. Love from Texas!
Isn’t this absolutely wonderful, thank god I’m British
rest in peace dame vera
you will always be in our hearts
God bless all for hanging in there this Year and half!! 🏴🏴🏴🥰🥰
There were some amazing voices in that rendition.
I'm American and I think this song is AWESOME!!
Made more than a few eye tear up here in the US too.
This is exactly what we all need💗
The sentimental me agrees , but realistically we need to be in a position to feel safe for that to happen and I don’t see that happening yet
Sublime! So thankful for all those who gave their lives for our tomorrow! We can never repay this debt.
audspod1
Love you to those who died in the war
How lovely! Just warms you right up. All my love to Jolly Old England. Long Live the Queen.
So beautiful. It exhibits British’s graciousness beauty & determination
this is why are children need to learn about the past in hopes they will never ever let it happen again many gave there lives so we could live free lives AND WE SHOULD NEVER FORGET TO PAY OUR THANKS TO THEM long live freedom for all the world
Aw how special was that and I’m Irish and proud 🇮🇪😊
For Russians the Victory Day is very special. And this song and video makes it even more emotional. Thank you!
18/6/2020 age 103 god bless you Vera and we’ll meet again some sunny day
Made me cry like a baby!
Brought back many, many wonderful memories. Thank you!
WOW!, THAT WAS FABULOUS.
Awesome Video! Great Message! Stay Safe Everyone! We Will Meet Again For Sure! All Will Be Well!
@@mrknowitall6030 Thanks For The Response! Let's Have Hope & Stay Positive With All This Situation! Take Care!
As a Brit living in New Zealand, born in 1946 and loved Vera Lynne. We WILL meet again, love to all my family in England, I miss you. ❤
I am so glad Dame Vera Lynn lived just long enough to see the 75th anniversary of VE Day. Her song “We’ll Meet Again” is just as powerful, emotional and moving now as it was then, so many years ago now. She was the last well known person from the war still living on the anniversary and before too long the War will have passed from memory of anyone living today into history.
so relevant again !!....after 75 yrs.
One Sunny Day for sure.
少川靖男
Can’t believe it’s 75 years
11am was hard not to cry I did
Stay safe. From the UK X
then, men left to fight, evacuee hildren left their parents to live with strangers, those were new normals...75 yrs after, another wave of new normals...I lose the ability to recognize abnormalities !!
Absolutely wonderful proud to be British
3:19 now that is what i call complete mastery of an instrument - her voice. just beautiful.
Katherine Jenkins is one very beautiful woman.