Walking Wartime Britain
Walking Wartime Britain
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Walking Wartime Britain

10.0 / 10
2021
1 season
6 episodes
Documentary

Former Royal Marine Arthur Williams walks across Britain to learn about World War II, including details of women who became spies, teenagers who went down the mines, and inventors who created new weapons used in the conflict.

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Former Royal Marine Arthur Williams walks across Britain to learn about World War II

  • Ep 1

    1.Liverpool

    14-09-202145m

    Former Royal Marine Arthur Williams walks across Britain to learn about World War II, and he begins his adventure in the port city of Liverpool.

  • Ep 2

    2.Devon

    21-09-202145m

    Arthur travels to South Devon to learn about the visitors that wound up in the region, including thousands of London's evacuee children.

  • Ep 3

    3.London

    28-09-202145m

    Arthur Williams explores London, starting out at St Paul's Cathedral, which became the iconic symbol of the blitz. At Soho's Café de Paris, he learns how the blackout affected the...

  • Ep 4

    4.Hampshire

    05-10-202145m

    Arthur learns about the secret operations that occurred in Hampshire during the war. He heads deep underground to discover how the London Transport Board kept London moving, and ho...

  • Ep 5

    5.East Anglia

    12-10-202145m

    Arthur Williams discovers how the people of East Anglia prepared for German invasion, planting mines on the tourist beach at Great Yarmouth building concrete defences and exploding...

  • Ep 6

    6.South Wales

    19-10-202145m

    Arthur's journey ends in South Wales, the industrial heartland of wartime Britain, where he learns about barrage balloons that protected the docks and the story of the Bevin Boys.

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