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Hear of the extraordinary role played by six cockle boats from Essex in the stirring Dunkirk evacuation of 1940. Chris Hollins meets veterans and relatives of those involved.

2019
Join descendants of John Fryer, Fletcher Christian and William Bligh - three key players in the 1789 mutiny on the Bounty - as they learn about their seafaring relatives.
The humbling stories of three heroic members of the 'Coup de Main' mission - a glider pilot, a soldier and a medic - are relayed to their relatives. Hear their amazing tales.
The Battle of Britain was one of the pivotal turning points of WWII, but what do these living relatives of those involved know of their kin? Chris Hollins presents.
Join descendants of John Fryer, Fletcher Christian and William Bligh - three key players in the 1789 mutiny on the Bounty - as they learn about their seafaring relatives.
The humbling stories of three heroic members of the 'Coup de Main' mission - a glider pilot, a soldier and a medic - are relayed to their relatives. Hear their amazing tales.
The relatives of a wireless operator, a passenger and a steward discover how their lives intertwined in April 1912 when the 'unsinkable' Titanic sank. Hear their stories.
The Battle of Britain was one of the pivotal turning points of WWII, but what do these living relatives of those involved know of their kin? Chris Hollins presents.
The relatives of a wireless operator, a passenger and a steward discover how their lives intertwined in April 1912 when the 'unsinkable' Titanic sank. Hear their stories.
Hear of the extraordinary role played by six cockle boats from Essex in the stirring Dunkirk evacuation of 1940. Chris Hollins meets veterans and relatives of those involved.
Hear of the extraordinary role played by six cockle boats from Essex in the stirring Dunkirk evacuation of 1940. Chris Hollins meets veterans and relatives of those involved.
Episodes 2017
The humbling stories of three heroic members of the 'Coup de Main' mission - a glider pilot, a soldier and a medic - are relayed to their relatives. Hear their amazing tales.
Join descendants of John Fryer, Fletcher Christian and William Bligh - three key players in the 1789 mutiny on the Bounty - as they learn about their seafaring relatives.
Join descendants of three key players in the iconic 'Dambusters' raid of May 1943 as they learn about the bravery of 617 Squadron and their impact on World War II.
Edward VIII's romance with American divorcee Wallis Simpson rocked the monarchy in 1936. Relatives of key players in the affair hear more about their ancestors.
Learn more about the Gunpowder Plot as relatives of conspirators Everard Digby and Robert Catesby and spymaster Robert Cecil hear about their ancestors' involvement.
Relatives of diarist Samuel Pepys, schoolboy eyewitness William Taswell and the future James ll discover more about their links to the Great Fire of London.
A moving episode of the genealogy series as we join descendants of three WWI soldiers to learn about their relatives' roles in the Christmas truce of December 1914.
Three relatives of POWs who were detained by the Germans at Stalag Luft III hear of their ancestors' integral roles in an audacious Allied escape attempt in 1943.
Three ordinary people discover how they are linked to Admiral Nelson's victory over Napoleon at Trafalgar. Chris Hollins presents the enlightening ancestry show.
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