Representatives from English broadcaster BBC were in town on Monday speaking to experts, schoolchildren, and filming the Creswick Light Horse Troop.

Creswick RSL secretary Phil Carter said the town had been selected because of its strong centenary program. 

“The BBC wanted a little town in Australia where a lot of guys left from, and had a real country feel about it,” he said. “We’ll be the town representing Australia to England.” 

 The Creswick piece will air on the BBC World Service and in Britain on the eve of Anzac Day. 

The centrepiece of the report will be the Creswick Light Horse Troop, which dressed in full regalia at Kingston’s avenue of honour for the occasion. 

Luckily, the sun came out for the march of 11 troop members – a small preview to the 50-plus march to be held on Anzac Day.

BBC correspondent Philip Mercer said the BBC was looking at Creswick as part of its Anzac centenary coverage. 

“It’s a huge commemorative series ... reflecting on what (Gallipoli) meant for Australia and New Zealand,” he said. 

The Creswick RSL and the Creswick Museum have been preparing the centenary events, under the banner of “Creswick 1915”, for more than a year. 

Creswick 1915 will start on April 24 with the Anzac vigil, where residents will gather at the cenotaph and hold a candlelight vigil, before watching the film Gallipoli.