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Britain's Wartime Evacuees

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Melvyn Bragg reveals incredible footage telling the history of modern Britain. In Torquay, he looks back to the 1940s and wartime evacuation.

Melvyn Bragg, accompanied by a vintage mobile cinema, travels across the country to show incredible footage preserved by the British Film Institute and other national and regional film archives, to tell the history of modern Britain.

In Torquay, Melvyn looks back to the 1940s and the largest mass movement of people in British history - wartime evacuation. Bunty Tait shares her epic adventure as a runaway evacuee. EastEnders star Derek Martin tells stories of his time as an evacuee and relives the terror of the Blitz. And Derek Capel recounts his harrowing experience of surviving a torpedo attack by the Nazis when he was evacuated overseas.

29 minutes

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Mon 2 Sep 2024 00:45

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  • Ambrose and His Orchestra

    Blue Skies Are Round The Corner

  • Al Bowlly with Ray Noble & His Orchestra

    Goodnight Sweetheart

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Presenter Melvyn Bragg
Series Producer Dympna Jackson
Executive Producer Ruth Pitt

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