Back to this year's Royal British Legion's Festival of Remembrance and a couple of things I found out about it.

Megan L (10 Nov 15 - 08:29 AM) posted her disappointment and mentioned "what a fiasco some Italian warbling away" Presumably that was Andrea Bocelli who throughout the rehearsals and both matinee and evening performances was extremely ill, if he wasn't at the Royal Albert Hall rehearsing or performing he was in hospital - when asked if he wished to cancel he said that performing at this festival of remembrance was too great an honour to pass up.

The programme is not broadcast live and the BBC records both matinee and evening performances then cobbles together the programme that is broadcast at 9 o'clock on the Saturday evening. The one bit they have to take from the evening performance is the drumhead service as for the matinee performance the floor of the Royal Albert Hall where the drumhead service is held is given over to seating for the public.