Film-maker & author. Catch @thelastoverland on @channel4 and order #TheLastOverland📕now! 👇 Shortlisted for @stanfordstravel Award 2023
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Thrilled as an @AfricellGroup director that Lobito-Bound, the documentary film about the #LobitoCorridor by @DwayneFields, Léopold Belanger & @AlexBescoby sponsored by our company, the only #USA🇺🇸-owned telecoms operator in #Africa, is now available on @AppleTV & @PrimeVideo.
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I’ve just watched ‘The Last Burma Star’ and found it very moving the search to honour one of the last survivors of the Burma Campaign. It is a sad fact that these brave hill tribes have never experienced peace since 1945 due to Britain’s inability to support their independence.
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How does this 80-year-old war live on? In a refugee camp school - the Phoenix School. @LevisonWood & @AlexBescoby met a young boy named 'Japan'. He was named in honour of his grandfather, a hero of what the family calls "the Japan War". Hear this amazing story on the pod, and catch The Last Burma Star on Sky History #ForgottenWarPod #WW2History #Legacy
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For many in Burma, the war never ended. The current civil war is a direct aftershock of the 1940s. In our chat, @LevisonWood & @AlexBescoby describe meeting refugees who just fled the fighting —including some who remember being bombed in the Second World War. Listen on our pod. Catch The Last Burma Star on Sky History. #ForgottenWarPod #Burma #Myanmar
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In their doc, Lev & Alex find Con Herh, a 100-year-old veteran. He joined the British Army twice but never received his medal, and even crossed an active warzone to meet them. Hear about the moving moment he received his Burma Star & a letter from the King. Catch The Last Burma Star on Sky History. #ForgottenWarPod #TheLastBurmaStar
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Snapshots of one incredible journey 📷
@LevisonWood and @AlexBescoby honoured forgotten heroes on their emotional, epic journey to Burma and we were proud to share it.
Watch #TheLastBurmaStar 🎖 on Sky HISTORY.
📺 Available Now on Sky HISTORY
📲 Stream Now on HISTORY Play
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80 years after the Burma Campaign of World War II, these medals need to find the brave men who deserve them.
Now, @LevisonWood and @AlexBescoby are on a mission to do just that.
Watch #TheLastBurmaStar 🎖 on Sky HISTORY tonight.
📺 Starts Sunday 9 November 9pm
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In honour of Remembrance, ABF ambassadors, staff and supporters placed personal tributes on crosses in the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey.
Presenter, Explorer, British Army officer and ABF supporter @Levisonwood dedicated his cross to his grandfather, Levison Hopkin Wood, who served with the Royal Welch Fusiliers in India, Burma and Japan during the Second World War.
📺 The Last Burma Star airs tonight at 9pm on @HISTORYUK. The documentary follows Levison and historian @AlexBescoby as they seek out the last surviving veterans of the Burma Campaign, shining a light on a vital chapter of history often overlooked.
Read more tributes here: bit.ly/498KbkZ
#forsoldiersforlife #wewillneverforget #remembrance
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It was a lovely chat sitting down and talking to @Levisonwood and @AlexBescoby about their new doc The Last Burma Star - you can watch the show tonight on @HISTORYUK at 9pm. In the pod we dug into the making of the doc, & much more.
Listen on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, or wherever else you get your pods.
OUT NOW: Our Remembrance Day Special! Jack & Rob talk to @LevisonWood & @AlexBescoby about their powerful new doc, The Last Burma Star. They discuss Lev's grandfather, finding a 100-year-old veteran, & the war's living legacy. Watch the film TONIGHT, 9pm on Sky History! #ForgottenWarPod #TheLastBurmaStar #RemembranceDay #WW2
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OUT NOW: Our Remembrance Day Special! Jack & Rob talk to @LevisonWood & @AlexBescoby about their powerful new doc, The Last Burma Star. They discuss Lev's grandfather, finding a 100-year-old veteran, & the war's living legacy. Watch the film TONIGHT, 9pm on Sky History! #ForgottenWarPod #TheLastBurmaStar #RemembranceDay #WW2
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80 years ago many brave men were awarded the Burma Star medal - but not all.
Now @LevisonWood and @AlexBescoby set out to find those last veterans, and discover the forgotten campaign that shaped WWII.
Watch #TheLastBurmaStar 🎖 on Sky HISTORY.
📺 Starts Sunday 9 November 9pm
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Out tomorrow! Our Remembrance Day Special: The Last Burma Star with Levison Wood and Alex Bescoby.
Jack and Rob interview the two adventurers on their brilliant new documentary - out tomorrow evening at 9pm on Sky History!
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To mark Remembrance Sunday, @HISTORYUK is showing "The Last Burma Star": @Levisonwood and @AlexBescoby explore the contribution to WW2 made by Bill Slim's multi-ethnic, polyglot "Forgotten Army" in defeating Japan. Editor Alex Matchett dives in.
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"I'll never forget that moment" 😲
Ahead of Remembrance Day, BFBS Radio spoke to explorer @Levisonwood and filmmaker/historian @AlexBescoby to discuss their powerful new documentary, The Last Burma Star 🎥
🔗 Watch the full interview on the BFBS Radio YouTube channel now
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“They gave their own freedoms so that we can have our freedoms today” 🌹
Ahead of Remembrance Day, BFBS Radio spoke to explorer @Levisonwood and filmmaker/historian @AlexBescoby to discuss their powerful new documentary, The Last Burma Star. It follows the journey to honour the final living veterans of the Burma Campaign, one of the most brutal yet overlooked conflicts in World War II.
Here, Levison tells us why this film was so important to make and the importance of honouring and remembering those who fought.
Watch the full interview 👉 youtu.be/SnrJ_r7aOVY?si=8rkA…
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The Last Burma Star is brilliant, and if you want to see the premier get yourselves to the National Army Museum on 6 Nov. Tickets available here 👇
nam.ac.uk/whats-on/last-burm…
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Whilst we are between series, Jack and Rob are still working on new content - and we’re very excited to say we’ve seen Levison Wood and Alex Bescoby’s wonderful doc The Last Burma Star, and look forward to having them on for our Remembrance Day Special.
Premier at the NAM, London on 6 Nov
Released on Sky History 9 Nov.
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Journey's End: An Interview With the Last Burma Star Filmmakers - cwgc.org/our-work/blog/journ…
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We are very proud to be the official legacy partner for The Last Burma Star, a new documentary that shines a light on one of the toughest and most important campaigns of the Second World War.
This partnership is part of our commitment to global commemorative storytelling. By spotlighting Kohima War Cemetery, the documentary highlights contributions too often overlooked in mainstream history and supports our vital work to ensure these stories are never forgotten.
The Last Burma Star pays tribute to the last surviving veterans of the campaign, especially those from Burma (now Myanmar) who fought alongside British and Commonwealth forces.
