Once again, I hope the moderators will forgive me for inserting large pieces of off site text for the benefit of pprooners everywhere….
This extract comes from the 18 June edition of Broadcast magazine.
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BOMBER ACE TAKES FLIGHT FOR C4
Channel 4 has commissioned RDF Media to make a follow up to Spitfire Ace with a series in which relatives of Second World War veterans are put through their paces manning a Lancaster bomber, writes GLEN MUTEL.
Bomber Ace is a 4 x 60 minute study of what it took to fly a Lancaster bomber and will feature veterans’ testimony and footage of the planes in action.
Four contestants will train in various aircraft-the most proficient will get to pilot a Lancaster bomber, while the other three will be given an opportunity to man the plane’s guns and navigate it.
The show, which will air in January, was commissioned by C4 head of History Hamish Mykura. RDF head of history will executive produce.
Spitfire Ace, which aired on C4 in January, pitted four young pilots against each other. They competed for the right to undergo the same nine-hour training programme given to genuine Battle of Britain pilots. The show attracted an average audience of 2.4 million earlier this year.
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“Four contestants will train in various aircraft”
Intriguing..
Noisy