Douglas Bader and Programme end
TO END OUR STORY LET`S MEET AN ADMIRER OF YOURS WHO KNOWS JUST THE KIND OF PROBLEMS YOU`VE FACED AND WHO`S FAMOUS FOR JUST THAT SAME BRAND OF DETERMINATION.
142 3 HE WAS A HERO BEFORE YOU WERE EVEN BORN BUT HE`S A FIRM ADMIRER OF YOURS TODAY, DOUGLAS BADER, CBE, DSO AND BAR, DFC
143 1
ENTRANCE BADER
144 3 AND GREETING
EAMONN:
145 1 DOUGLAS, YOU AND DAVID FIRST MET WHEN YOU VISITED HIM IN HOSPITAL AFTER HIS ACCIDENT.
BADER:
146 2 YES. AND I WAS VERY IMPRESSED THEN BY THE WAY HE WAS COPING WITH A VERY HARD KNOCK. HE WAS THE SORT OF YOUNGSTER WHO WAS CLEARLY GOING TO MAKE A FIGHT OF IT AND HE`S DONE JUST THAT.
EAMONN:
147 1 WE KNOW THAT YOU`VE FOLLOWED HIS RECOVERY WITH INTEREST AND THAT TONIGHT YOU ARE HERE WITH A VERY SPECIAL MISSION. WILL YOU TELL US WHAT THAT IS?
148 2 BADER:[Pic2R]
MCU BADER: YES. I`M VERY PLEASED INDEED TO HAVE BEEN ASKED BY THE R.S.P.C.A. TO PRESENT HIM WITH THEIR BRONZE MEDAL FOR SAVING ANIMAL LIFE.
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MCU SUBJECT
150 1 (PRESENTATION MEDAL) PRESENTATION
BADER: (SUGGESTED) CONGRATULATIONS, DAVID AND GOOD LUCK IN THE FUTURE.
EAMONN:
THANK YOU GROUP CAPTAIN BADER.
(TO SUBJECT) DAVID, WE`RE PROUD TO ADD OUR OWN TRIBUTE AS WE SAY,
DAVID BUTLER, THIS IS YOUR LIFE.
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CAPTION "THE SUBJECT OF TONIGHT`S PROGRAMME WAS" DAVID BUTLER.
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