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Blitz: The Bombs That Changed Britain

War, History · 2017

Last aired: S1 E4, Bristol · 2017-12-14

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.

Cast

Shaun Dooley Narrator

Season 1

E1 London 2017-11-23 · 60 min 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 Hull 2017-11-30 · 60 min Episode two 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 forever.

E3 Clydebank 2017-12-07 · 60 min Episode three follows a bomb that fell on Jellicoe Street in the Scottish town of Clydebank, a tightly-knit community of ship builders and factory workers who worked hard in difficult conditions.

E4 Bristol 2017-12-14 · 60 min 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.

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