Thursday, April 15, 2021

The Road to Windsor

In a change to our advertised schedule, there'll be some special programming, ahead of the funeral of Prince Philip. 

At 7pm on Friday, Huw Edwards meets those playing key roles in tomorrow’s ceremonial procession and funeral service.  Your questions answered - how exactly are coffins made, who decides the speed of a slow march, why can't the congregation singalong, and how do they fix those remote control cameras to the pews ? Plus a special mini-edition of A Question of Protocol, as teams from Sandringham and Balmoral compete to guess the order of procession of 30 people. 

From 12.30pm on Saturday, Huw is back, with Sophie Raworth, trying not to talk to the crowd at Windsor who've been told not to come. Features include - how to tell the status of a Royal from a civilian suit, with a top Savile Row tailor; should you read the words in the order of service when the reduced choir is singing, or just gaze into the middle distance; and Gyles Brandreth on Royal Wakes I've Never Been To. Panels of brothers are in studios around the UK, to help us find out if William and Harry have made up. 

From 8.10pm on BBC2, The Funeral Reviewed - including Where Your Favourite Royal Stumbled, and It Was What He Wanted - Eve Pollard and the Archbishop of York identify all the elements that Joker Phil added to the standard Royal send-off. 



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