1 Season
18 Episode
Reel History of Britain - Season 1 Episode 1 Britain's Wartime Evacuees
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 of 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.
- Year: 2011
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- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: BBC Two
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- Cast: Melvyn Bragg