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6 Episodes 2021 - 2021
Episode 1
45 mins
Former Royal Marine Arthur Williams begins his adventure in the port city of Liverpool.
Episode 2
45 mins
Arthur travels to South Devon to learn about the visitors that wound up in the region, including thousands of London's evacuee children.
Episode 3
45 mins
Arthur starts his walk around London at St Paul's Cathedral, which became the iconic symbol of the blitz, before learning how the blackout affected the city's nightlife.
Episode 4
45 mins
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 how underground tunnels kept Londoners safe from the bombs. At Senate House he discovers the true story of the Ministry of Information before heading to London Zoo to discover what role the animals played in keeping spirits up. Finally, he visits the Central London Mosque, to find out how the war changed London forever.
Episode 5
45 mins
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 riverbanks at Leiston.
Episode 6
45 mins
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.