Burma, My Father and the Forgotten Army
Griff Rhys Jones travels to Ghana and the jungles of Burma to learn about the army of West Africans his father served alongside during the Second World War.
Apart from a few fragmentary stories, Griff Rhys Jones's father never talked about his war. Yet as a medical officer to a West African division he travelled 15,000 miles from Wales to Ghana and the jungles of Burma. He and his men were part of an army of a million raised in Africa and Asia to fight the Japanese. To understand their story Griff travels first to Ghana and then, accompanied by 90-year-old veteran Joshua, he goes to jungles of Burma. It is known as the forgotten war, but Griff discovers how it transformed these West Africans from children of the British Empire into masters of their own destiny.
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Griff Rhys Jones meeting Ghanaian veterans
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Griff Rhys Jones |
Producer | Ruairi Fallon |
Director | Ruairi Fallon |
Executive Producer | Elizabeth Hartford |
Broadcasts
- Sun 7 Jul 2013 21:2091热爆 Two except Scotland
- Tue 9 Jul 2013 00:0091热爆 Two except Northern Ireland
- Tue 9 Jul 2013 00:3091热爆 Two Northern Ireland
- Tue 30 Jul 2013 00:20
- Sun 17 May 2015 21:00
- Sun 16 Aug 2015 19:00
- Sat 10 Oct 2015 20:00
- Wed 27 Jul 2016 23:00
- Mon 1 Aug 2016 01:50
- Fri 19 Aug 2016 03:00
- Tue 16 May 2017 20:00
- Mon 22 May 2017 01:00