5. Different adaptations

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Winston Churchill

Because of the impact that it caused and how known has become “We shall fight on the beaches” speech, different music groups, TV channels or TV series have used it as a part of a song, advertisement or even in a given episode. For instance:

–   The heavy metal band Iron Maiden used a short part of the speech as an introduction to the song Aces High in live performances and in the song’s video.

–   Patriotic boxer Ricky Hatton uses the most famous lines of the speech as part of his ring entrance.

–   Excerpts from the recorded speech are included in the 2002 television advertisement Go On Lad.

–   In the animated sitcom Futurama, in the episode “Birdboy Of Ice Catraz“, Bender tells a group of penguins “We will fight them on the beaches. We will fight them on the glaciers.

–   The Pirate Bay has posted an adaption of the speech directed towards the defence of the Internet freedom. (Wikipedia, 2010).



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