D-Day’s secret hero: the true story behind Pressure (In paid partnership with StudioCanal)

What comes to mind when you think of D-Day? Perhaps it's the tactical brilliance of the commanders, or the brutal combat fought by the troops. But what about meteorologist James Stagg? He's the subject of the new Second World War thriller Pressure, and to find out more about his contribution to the war and how you go about turning a Second World War story into a blockbuster, in this episode of the History Extra podcast, Charlotte Vosper spoke to the writer of the film, David Haig, and Catherine Ross. the Met Office's archive and library manager who helped advise on the film.

This episode was recorded live at the Royal Society of Arts, in partnership with Studio Canal. Pressure is now available to buy and rent from digital platforms and will be available to own on four K Ultra H D, Blu ray and DVD from the thirtieth of november. Now It's a very exciting day today because we're going to be talking about pressure, which just to reiterate everyone, David wrote, very exciting. And Catherine helped advise on as well. So we've got uh experts in the room with us. Now I wanted to start by asking

David, as we've seen, pressure is a thrilling world war two drama. But why of all the incredible World War Two stories did you want to tell this one? Well originally The Royal Lyceum. theatre in Edinburgh were looking for a story about an unknown Scottish hero.

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