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The South West

Episode 8 of 10

World War II stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Jules Hudson discovers how a nation of knitters kept our troops in the fight.

Jules Hudson arrives in south-west England as he continues his travels around the United Kingdom uncovering World War II stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Jules discovers how a nation of knitters kept our troops in the fight; meets the relatives of some extremely brave women - special agents sent into occupied Europe; and discovers how not even wartime rationing was enough to make people eat green-coloured honey.

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 28 Oct 2017 06:15
主播大秀 Two

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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:15

    Eric Coates Orchestra

    Calling All Workers

  • 00:16

    Billy Cotton & Alan Breeze

    I'm Knitting a Singlet for Cecil

Credits

Presenter Jules Hudson
Series Producer Simon Miller
Executive Producer Simon Barnes

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