ANZAC DAY ON SKY NEWS LIVE Wednesday
April 25 at 5am on Sky News Live [601]
part of the ENTERTAINMENT pack
The events that
shaped history
THE PACIFIC WAR IN COLOUR
Rare and restored colour footage provides
vivid insight into the WWII battles that
unfolded across the Pacific Ocean and Asia.
This eight-part series covers the pre-war era
to the shock Pearl Harbor attack and the
bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as
well as the Japanese surrender in 1945. The
real human stories are moving reflections.
Tuesdays from April 3 at 7.30pm
FRONTIERSMEN: THE MEN
WHO BUILT AMERICA
Leonardo DiCaprio produces and narrates
this series that follows the first 75 years
of the United States. The four episodes
detail the history and delve into legends
such as Lewis and Clark, Davy Crockett,
George Washington and Alexander Hamilton.
Mondays from April 9 at 8.30pm
AFGHANISTAN:
INSIDE AUSTRALIA’S WAR
This three-part series uses stories of some
of the 26,000 Aussie men and women who
served in Afghanistan. Beginning from the
2001 deployment alongside US Marines,
through to the fall of Kandahar, securing
Uruzgan, the efort to build roads, hospitals
and schools, and the eventual withdrawal.
Former prime ministers John Howard and
Julia Gillard reflect, along with Afghans who
experienced the invasion of their country.
Wednesdays from April 11 at 7.30pm, all on
HISTORY [611] available in the DOCOS pack
We go to various services around the world,
from New Zealand to Gallipoli, and this year
we’ll be crossing to France for the centenary
commemorations of the end of WWI.
Out of the 2018 coverage I hope viewers get
a sense of what our nation is doing to honour
the service of our military today and over
decades past, with historians giving us context
of the battles we’re commemorating, but also
hearing from modern-day personnel too,
because that is just as important.
As a country, ANZAC Day is a day to
remember values we hold dear: mateship,
egalitarianism, courage and sacrifice.”
Kieran Gilbert
is honoured to
cover ANZAC
Day servicesThe Pearl Harbor
bombing in 1941
signalled the US
entry into WWIIThe 1st Light Horse
Regiment was deployed
to Gallipoli in May 1915This month, HISTORY takes
a look at the repercussions
of war around the world