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Katie Derham asks, 'Why do people wave flags at the Last Night of the Proms?'
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Sir Henry Wood on BBC archive film
Lady Wood, Dame Eva Turner and Sir Henry Wood himself reflect on the Proms.
Why do people wave flags at the Last Night of the Proms?
Katie Derham gets to the heart of the subject with cultural historian Dr. Leanne Langley.
Rule, Britannia! soloists at the Last Night of the Proms
Compare Joseph Calleja in 2013 and the legendary Constance Shacklock in 1957.
The Conductor's Speech ...
Watch extracts from Sir Malcolm Sargent's 1957 LNOTP speech, and Marin Alsop's in 2013.



