Broadcast on BBC 1 television channel for five days commencing Monday, September 7th 2009 to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the outbreak of World War 2.
Forces sweetheart Katherine Jenkins is joined by Michael Aspel to celebrate the heroes of the Home Front in a special week of programmes to commemorate the week 70 years ago that Britain went to war with Nazi Germany.
Epidode 1
On January 20, 1943, a German plane dropped a bomb on a south London school in broad daylight, killing 38 children and six teachers. The programme talks to some of the survivors and pays tribute to the ordinary men and women who helped save their lives. Also, antiques expert Tim Wonnacott searches for the everyday wartime objects that have become collectables.
Link To – The Week We Went To War – Episode 1
Epidode 2
Twenty-one-year-old student and MasterChef contestant Ben Ellison spends a month living on wartime rations and the programme pays tribute to a Home Front hero, Thomas Hopper Alderson, who won Britain’s first George Cross when he saved 11 lives after a German air raid on Bridlington, North Yorkshire. Antiques expert Tim Wonnacott continues his search for the everyday wartime objects that have become collectables.
Link To – The Week We Went To War – Episode 2
Episode 3
The programme looks at one of the worst nights of the Blitz, and pays tribute to the ordinary British people who helped save St Paul’s Cathedral. Plus, antiques expert Tim Wonnacott continues his search for the everyday wartime objects that have become collectables.
Link To – The Week We Went To War – Episode 3
Episode 4
Witnesses tell of the worst civilian tragedy on the Home Front – the Bethnal Green Tube Disaster, in which 173 people were crushed to death in a crowd fleeing an air raid that never happened. Plus, the moving stories of two couples whose love letters to each other throughout the war prove that the pen really is mightier than the sword, and antiques expert Tim Wonnacott continues his search for the everyday wartime objects that have become collectables.
Link To – The Week We Went To War – Episode 4
Episode 5
The programme looks at the story of one of the most unexpected and intensive bombing raids in Britain, when the town of Clydebank in Scotland was virtually wiped off the map. Plus, antiques expert Tim Wonnacott continues his search for the everyday wartime objects that have become collectables.
Link To – The Week We Went To War – Episode 5
Daimler Mk1 Armoured Car – External Details (WW2 Training Film)
Daimler Mk1 Armoured Car – External Details (WW2 Training Film)
Daimler Mk1 Armoured Car – Engine & Transmission (WW2 Training Film)
Humber Armoured Car, The Theory of Reconnaissance (WW2 Training Film)
Humber Armoured Car (WW2 Training Film)
Humber Armoured Car – Engine & Transmission (WW2 Training Film)
1942 Dingo Scout Car – Driving and Walkaround
1942 Bedford OY Road Test
M8 Armoured Car being offloaded
Steyr RSO. Tanks in The Town. Mons/Belgium 2005
SdKfz 250 Half Track. Bovington Tankfest 2006
SdKfz 251 Half Track. Bovington Tankfest 2006
SdKfz 251/D Half Track. Bovington Tankfest 2006
British Bren Carrier
T16 Bren Carrier in Action
Universal Carrier, Thunder over Mlch, 2006
Test driving the Bren Carrier at Full Speed
Netherlands TV Noord Report on Bren Carrier with Canadian Veterans
Bren Carrier out for a short drive
1941 Mk1 Universal Carrier
1941 Mk1 Universal Carrier slow drive by
1941 Mk1 Universal Carrier Walk Around
1941 Mk1 Universal Carrier Driver’s View
Tiger Tank. Bovington Tankfest 2006
Tiger Tank. Bovington Tankfest 2006
Hetzer Tank. Tanks in The Town. Mons/Belgium 2006
Hetzer Tank. Tanks in The Town. Mons/Belgium 2006
M18 Hellcat. Bovington Tankfest 2006
M18 Hellcat op Amhurst eelde 2007
M18 Hellcat. Tanks in The Town. Mons Belgium 08/2007
M24 Chaffee. Belgian Tank Museum Depot in Kappelen 08/2007
M24 Chaffee. Tanks in The Town. Mons Belgium 08/2007
M36 Jackson. Tanks in The Town. Mons Belgium 08/2007
Stuart Tank. Tanks in The Town. Mons/Belgium 2005
Sherman 105mm. Tanks in The Town. Mons/Belgium 2005
Driving lesson on the Sherman Tank M4A1 “Combat Camel” of the Brussels’ Royal Army Museum .
Inside view of the Sherman M4 105mm “Spit Oil” of the Royal Army Museum of Brussels driven by “Gamin”.
M18 Hellcat unloading for the Wellesley, Maryland parade
M3A1 Stuart Tank Going Out
M3A1 Stuart Tank Coming Back !
M3A1 Stuart Tank loading onto Flatbed Truck, July 4th 2009
M3A1 Stuart Tank, July 4th 2009
M5 Stuart Tank offloading
Matilda 2 Tank and Crusader Tank Set Off. Bovington Tankfest 2006
A12 Matilda 2 Tank. Bovington Tankfest 2008
Crusader Tank. Bovington Tankfest 2008
A34 Comet Tank. Tanks in The Town. Mons/Belgium 2006
Sherman Firefly. Tanks in The Town. Mons/Belgium 2005
