Munich Air Crash - 50th Anniversary

There has been an immense amount of interest in the 50th anniversary from the media. Listed below are details of media coverage of the event

Newspapers

The Manchester Evening News will be producing a special 48-page supplement - and you can leave an online tribute on their web site

There will be a piece in The Sunday Observer (UK) on January 27th and possibly 3rd Feburary

The Sunday Times Magazine will have an in-depth article on the crash on 3rd February

The Dudley News will have a special tribute to Duncan Edwards in the 31st January edition - leave your online tributes here

Radio

Munich and the Making of Manchester United: The Archive Hour - BBC Radio 4 FM, Saturday, 2 February, 2008 - 20:00-21:00 - Michael Crick recalls the Munich air disaster of 6 February 1958, in which 23 people, including eight players of Manchester United's Busby Babes team, lost their lives. Survivors, family members and key figures remember the events of a black day in European soccer history. The programme also looks at the creation of the Busby Babes and the Manchester United Junior Athletic Club (the MUJACS) and how the club was rebuilt after Munich and has become the biggest football club in the world. The documentary features rare archive footage, and original comments from the five remaining players who survived the crash: Sir Bobby Charlton, Bill Foulkes, Harry Gregg, Albert Scanlon and Kenny Morgans. Other interviewees include Busby Babe and former Manchester United manager Wilf McGuinness; Gordon Taylor of the PFA; Matt Busby's son, Sandy Busby; sports sociologist Dr Gavin Mellor; Mike Jackson, son of the Manchester Evening News journalist, Tom Jackson who died (and is credited with first using the phrase 'Busby Babes'); Andrew Cullis, whose father Stan Cullis, managed Wolves and was a close friend and rival of Matt Busby; former Manchester City goalkeeper, Steve Fleet, who was a close friend of Busby Babe, Eddie Colman; and, from Manchester United, chef executive David Gill, club secretary Ken Ramsden, chaplain Rev. John Boyers and academy coach, Tony Whelan.

Radio FiveLive's coverage will include a special halfhour on Monday 4th Feb - 2130hrs-2200hrs. It's part of Fivelive Sport that night, presented by Mark Saggers. They will have interviews with Sir Bobby Charlton, Sir Alex Ferguson, Sandy Busby and a very moving and frank interview with Harry Gregg that will be the centrepiece of the coverage. They've also got interviews with Wayne Rooney, Kenny Morgans and Rio Ferdinand which will also appear on FiveLive during coverage next week - that coverage will include the minute's silences at Wembley on 6th and Old Trafford on 10th Feb.

Radio Manchester - More Info

Television - MUTV

MUTV, United's in-house television channel, will broadcast free-to-air on satellite and cable on Feburary 6th. More information below:

Munich: Narrated by Albert Finney it's the definitive story of the Busby Babes and the Munich Air Disaster. A feature length documentary featuring interviews with 6 crash survivors and the families of the players, staff, journalists and crew. It also includes tributes from the world of football including Sir Tom Finney, Sir Alex Ferguson, Terry Venables, George Cohen and Ryan Giggs. First showing 21.00 5th Feb, 2nd showing 21.00 6th Feb

Munich Remembered: 17 programmes- varying duration - Extended interviews with survivors, the families and ex-United players.

Where were you? 4x15mins: The 6th February 1958, fans, former players and celebrities recall how they heard the terrible news.

The Last Game 1x15 mins: A short programme looking back at the last game versus Red Star Belgrade on 5th February 1958, featuring interviews with 7 players from the match.

The Memorial Service: - Live From 2.30pm on 6th Feb: The club pays tribute to everybody who lost their lives with a special service at Old Trafford.

Munich remembered - The Whelans: The family of Liam Whelan remember his early days, career and the time of the Munich air disaster - First showing Monday Feb 4th 21.00

There are also some Munich-related programmes on during the rest of the week - details here.

Television

Nation on Film - Munich Remembered: Remembering Manchester United's talented Busby Babes and the 1958 Munich air disaster in which 23 people died, many of them members of the team. Contributors include former players and crash survivors Bobby Charlton and Harry Gregg: 4th Feb at 22:00 (BBC4), 5th Feb at 02:00 (BBC4), 6th Feb at 22:00 (BBC4), 7th Feb at 01:00 (BBC4), 8th Feb at 19:30 (BBC2), 10th Feb at 00:05 (BBC4)

Nation on Film - Sir Bobby Remembers Munich: Bobby Charlton tells the story of the Munich air disaster, fifty years on. Watching archive footage, he charts a journey from the glory days of the Busby Babes to the tragic events of 1958 which he was fortunate enough to survive: 4th Feb at 22:30 (BBC4), 5th Feb at 02:30 , 10th Feb at 01:35 (BBC4)

One Life - Munich Air Disaster: Munich air crash survivor and former Manchester United goalkeeper Harry Gregg takes an emotional journey, 50 years after the event, to revisit the scene of the tragedy that killed 23 passengers, including eight members of the team affectionately known as the Busby Babes: BBC1: 6th Feb at 22:40

Surviving Disaster - Munich Air Crash: The 1958 plane crash that killed 23 passengers after the aircraft overshot the runway during take-off from Munich airport. Among the dead were eight members of Matt Busby's Manchester United football squad, including team captain Roger Byrne. The programme includes a reconstruction of events, and examines the aftermath of the accident and the investigation that followed: 6th Feb at 16:00 (UK History), 6th Feb at 21:00 (UK History), 7th Feb at 06:00 (UK History), 7th Feb at 12:00 (UK History) - This is the programme that was on BBC1 in January 2006.

Magazines

Airports International magazine are publishing an article in their next edition which is due out week commencing 14th January. This article largely revolves around the technical side of the crash.

Airliner World magazine is publishing an article in their magazine which is due out on Feb 1st.