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The four-person team is collabo- ting on a documentary, Dieppe: Tragedy to Triumph to be aired on Dec. 15th from 10 p.m. to ll p.m. on CFID Channel 9 and its chan- nels nationwide. The project, which has been on e back burner for a year, suddenly got hot last month, said Shelagh Whitaker. However, it came with the proviso tha.t it had to be ready 1 by Dec. lst. To do it, she and her L husband have been working full l out, conducting 30 interviews in two weeks in England and Canada. tte drew from her Masters of Arts background in military history and her writing skills to edit all three of her parents' books. The man who was there is Denis Whitaker who gon a DSO as an infantry captain at ieppe and later commanded his battalion in northwest Europe. The iirector is David Maltby, noted for ('n12cy' television successes, includ- ing Islands in the Midnight Sun. "We've got some very exciting footage from London, Russia and other places," she said. "And we'll have voice-overs from veterans of Dieppe giving an overview of the strategy of the raid." After collaborating on three books about World War II - Tug of War, Rhineland and Dieppe - the Ihthitakers had some l0 years of research material lying around the house. It was only natural for them tirturn their minds to "recycling" thme of it into other media forms -r: such as television, said Shelagh. . The television documentary is based on the book of the same dame, first published last year in hard cover and this year in paper Wack. Probably the best-researched book on the subject, it examines the reasons why the Dieppe'raid was undertaken in the fast place and the terrible toll it took on that fateful Aug. 19th of 1942 when 10,000 men from the British and Canadian forces struggled against over- whelming odds for six agonizing hours. Of the 4.963 Canadians who stormed the beaches of Dieppe, 3,367 (68%) were killed, wounded or taken prisoner. ake two professional writers, a man who has been there r and one well-seasoned docu- mentary director and what have you got? You’ve got a team that can put together an extraordinary televised account of a tragic battle called Uteppe. Alu, two writers are Shelagh Whitaker of Oakville and her daughter, Martie Hooker of Ottawa . Why the raid failed and yet was a success is a enticingly intriguing part of the book that is carried over to the documentary. "Ours is one opinion - one we fervently believe in," the Whitakets state. "We demonstrate that there can finally be a positive acceptance t, BARB JOY akville Beaver Staff homes to life on television 'iliihelaitlt Whitaker collaborating 5 With daughter on documentary NAFTA seminar goes tomorrow A special seminar dealing with the impact of the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) takes place Thursday at Otello's Banquet Hall. 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