Remembrance Day broadcast schedule

Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010

TV

CBC TELEVISION Billy Bishop Goes to War 8 p.m. (8:30 NT)

• CBC-TV presents a televised adaptation of the iconic Canadian play Billy Bishop Goes to War. The story of Billy Bishop, the feisty flyer from Owen Sound who went on to become the most renowned RAF fighter pilot of the First World War, has long been a staple in Canadian history books.

THE NATIONAL CBC TV 10pm, 10:30pm NT CBC NN 9pm, 11 pm ET/PT

• The Memory Project: Melanie Nagy tells one of the thousands of veterans' stories that part of the Memory Project.  A compilation of war stories as told by veterans with the sole purpose keeping the memories alive...online and in schools.
• Remembrance Day Mom: Wendy Hayward lost her son Corporal James Hayward Arnal at the age of 25 more than two years ago.  She set up a fund in his name, took early retirement from her banking career and went to Afghanistan.  She works in the Tim Hortons....serving the soldiers everyday...her way of giving back and staying close to the memory of her son. (Carolyn Dunn)
• Invisible Wounds: Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are the signature injury of Afghanistan war -  will be the biggest health issue for soldiers, due to all the IEDs…but a lot of soldiers don't even know they have it. This is also a story about our system failing many of the vets seeking med help back home. (Melissa Fung)
• Lost Korean Vets: For years the monument in Busan South Korea for those with no know graves was missing the names of five Canadian sailors, their identities somehow forgotten, not unlike the war in which they paid the ultimate sacrifice. After a long battle, those names have finally been added to the monument.  Reg speaks to the families of some of those sailors. (Reg Sherren)

RADIO ONE

WORLD REPORT 5, 6, 7 and 8 a.m.

• Battle of Stoney Creek:  Efforts are underway to finally give a proper to burial for the remains of 16 American and British soldiers who died fighting in the Battle of Stoney Creek during the War of 1812. (Maureen Brosnahan)

THE WORLD AT SIX 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM

• Old and New Vets: With all the attn paid to Afghan vets and their compensation for death/dismemberment, older vets complain they're still fighting for pills, PTSD coverage etc. (Derek Stoffel)

THE CURRENT 8:37 a.m. (9:07 NT)

• Crossing the Line: Geordie Haslam was born a Canadian, grew up a Canadian, is still a Canadian. But for one year of his life he was someone else with a different nationality. At the age of 17, Geordie Haslam went into a recruiting centre in the United States with a different name and joined the American military-and not long after left for Vietnam. These days, Geordie is back in Canada, back to being a Canadian, and for the first time tells his story. (Documentary by David Minkow)

THURSDAY November 11, 2010

TV

CBC NN and CBC TV CBC Television at 10 a.m. (11 AT, 11:30 NT), CBC News Network, beginning at 10 a.m. ET.

• Live Coverage of Remembrance Day Ceremony: Peter Mansbridge anchors from the National War Memorial in Ottawa. Commentary by Canadian historian Jack Granatstein.

CONNECT (CBCNN) 8 p.m. ET

• Special edition of Ask Me Anything. This Remembrance Day, the country's best-known soldier, Roméo Dallaire, answers Canadians' questions about everything from his own experience with post-traumatic stress disorder, to Canada's role in Afghanistan.

THE NATIONAL CBC TV 10pm, 10:30pm NT CBC NN 9pm, 11 pm ET/PT

• The story of Major Bieler, one of about 27 Canadians who operated behind enemy lines. He was delivered by parachute to northern France.  Operating under the code name 'Musician' He was instrumental in pulling together one of the largest and most successful strings of sabotage teams in the area around Saint Quentin and Lille.  He was tortured but never broke.  His story was a secret until his daughter unearthed her fathers storied past.
• Fallen Soldiers, Roll call: We went to three schools and asked 152 kids to hold up pictures of the fallen soldiers and recite their names.

DOC ZONE CBC TV 8 p.m. (8:30 NT)

• We Will Remember Them: One-by-one, each fallen soldier is listed; throughout the broadcast, this honour roll is paused to feature in-depth stories on 33 of these soldiers. Filmed with unprecedented access and the participation of families and friends of fallen soldiers from all across Canada, this two-hour, commercial-free documentary brings Canadians the stories of the people behind the statistics.

RADIO

CBC RADIO ONE Beginning at 10:55 a.m. (11:55 AT, 12:25 NT)

• Coverage of Ceremony from the National War Memorial in Ottawa: Alison Smith hosts with commentary from retired Colonel Brian MacDonald and Colonel Rene Melancon of the Canadian Forces College. Reporter Karina Roman provides on-site coverage from the War Memorial.

WORLD REPORT 5, 6, 7 and 8 a.m.

• Lost Korean Vets: For years the monument in Busan South Korea for those with no know graves was missing the names of five Canadian sailors, their identities somehow forgotten, not unlike the war in which they paid the ultimate sacrifice. After a long battle, those names have finally been added to the monument.  Reg speaks to the families of some of those sailors. (Reg Sherren)

THE WORLD AT SIX 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM

• Cpl. Billy Kerr is the first and probably the only triple amputee to come out of the war in Afghanistan. His Sudbury community began a massive fundraising drive to build the Kerrs a new home that would be wheelchair accessible. They raised 250,000 dollars and were able to break ground on a new home this summer. (Melissa Fung)

THE CURRENT 8:37 a.m. (9:07 NT)

• It's been 65 years since the last shots were fired in the Second World War. On this Remembrance Day, several Canadians who took part in the most destructive war in history relive those memories and tell us what that war and Remembrance Day means to them.

AFGHANADA Thursdays at 11:30 a.m. (3:30 p.m. NT) and 11 p.m. (11:30 NT)

• Based on actual events on the ground in Kandahar, each week's episode takes the listener on an intense and compelling auditory journey, an unadorned reflection of the very real life and death situations Canadian soldiers face every day in Afghanistan. On the Nov. 11 episode, when one last mission to defuse an Improvised Explosive Device goes tragically wrong, Cpl. Lucas Manson escorts his fallen friend home.

CBCNews.ca

• CBCNews.ca/remembranceday carries a live stream of the ceremony from Ottawa.
• In advance of this year's Remembrance Day, CBC News wants your help in highlighting some of Canada's cenotaphs.  Take a photo of a memorial in your community and send it to us and help us celebrate the country's veterans.
• A column from a Canadian veteran of Afghanistan about the changing role and future of Canada's military
• We Remember: Canadian families of soldiers serving or who have fallen overseas tell the personal stories of what Remembrance Day means to them.
• James Strath Public School in Peterborough, Ont. is holding a special Remembrance Day memorial ceremony, including an address by award-winning author Ted Barris. CBC is recording the ceremony and the video will be hosted on CBCNews.ca for viewing by soldiers serving in Afghanistan, as well as by the general public.
• Remembrance Day Social Media Project What Remembrance Day means to different Canadians, as seen through the eyes of adults and young people who have someone in their family serving or have served in Afghanistan, or whose loved one has perished in Afghanistan. This Remembrance Day project will include their personal webisodes as well as a mix of photos, video and text, telling their stories and revealing intimate family portraits on a day that evokes remembrance of those lost in battle, as well as a portal for those who live in hope as they wait for loved ones to come back home.