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Blitz: The Bombs That Changed Britain

20171 Season

War & Politics, Documentary

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Genre: War & Politics
Origin: GB

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Documentary series examining the effects of individual bombs that fell during the Blitz, from their initial impact on individual lives right through to their consequences for World War Two and the present day.

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Status: Ended
First aired: Nov 23, 2017
Network: BBC Two
Studio: BBC

Time to finish

3 hrs

4 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

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SERIES

Blitz: The Bombs That Changed Britain

20171 Season

War & Politics, Documentary

Your rating

Genre: War & Politics
Origin: GB

About

Where to watch

Region

Not available to stream in United States yet.

Episodes

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E1 · Airs Nov 23, 2017
London
Episode one follows a bomb that fell on Martindale Road in the East End of London on the first night of the Blitz. Stan Harris and Norman Pirie were boys in 1940, but their memories of that fateful night are crystal clear.
E2 · Airs Nov 30, 2017
Hull
This second episode explores the ramifications of a bomb that fell on 6th Avenue in the port city of Hull, flattening two houses and changing the lives of two families. The Taylors lost baby Peter and 14 year-old Vera was very badly burned. Her sisters Doreen and Tina remember that terrible night and it is the first time they have talked about the trauma they endured.
E3 · Airs Dec 7, 2017
Clydebank
Episode three follows a bomb that fell on Jellicoe Street in the Scottish town of Clydebank. It was a tightly knit community of ship builders and factory workers who worked hard in difficult conditions. For the children though, life in the tenements was like being part of one big family as Patrick Docherty and Jack Tasker remember.
E4 · Airs Dec 14, 2017
Bristol
This episode looks at the deadly impact of the incendiary bomb that set fire to St Peter's Church in the historic heart of Bristol. Before November 1940, the Castle Street area was full of shops, businesses and homes all served by St Peter's. But on the night of Sunday 24th November 1940, the German bomber aircraft came.

Details

Status: Ended
First aired: Nov 23, 2017
Network: BBC Two
Studio: BBC

Time to finish

3 hrs

4 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

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