The Week We Went To War

tv show

poster for The Week We Went To War

5 total episodes

-

1 seasons

First Aired September 07, 2009

Overview

Katherine Jenkins and Michael Aspel celebrate the heroes of the Home Front.

tv poster

Episode 3

Season 1 - Episode 3 - 1h 45m

Air Date

September 09, 2009

Overview

Today's programme looks at one of the worst nights of the Blitz – 29 December 1940 – and pays tribute to the ordinary British people and, in particular, the firemen of London who helped save St Paul's Cathedral. And the programme features Henry Wuga, who was evacuated at the age of 14 from the heart of Nazi Germany to Britain. But he was arrested in Glasgow and interned on the Isle of Man as an enemy alien. Henry honed his skills as a baker and has since enjoyed a long career as a caterer, and still lives in Glasgow. Today's edition also takes a look at how people entertained themselves during the war and visits Blackpool which, safer than London, was where, night after night, the show went on – even if the illuminations didn't.