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The Christmas broadcast is about to go out, and the Home Guard members get ready to do their part in relaying greetings to and from troops serving across the Channel. Time for the mic check… what shall they say? A limerick, a song, something from vaudeville? What about sound affects? Somebody has to make animal sounds, and make wind.
Parts are read, and the enacted night on patrol demonstrates the brave Home Guard, keeping the coasts safe. Will England be impressed? Will the king be impressed? Will their radio play be heard at all?
