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Remembrance Week

Special programme to commemorate Remembrance Sunday, featuring extraordinary stories.

November 2013

Episode 5

The tale of a German refugee whose Jewish father inspired him to fight for Britain.

Episode 4

A World War II gunner in Bomber Command describes his secret missions over enemy lines.

Episode 3

A poignant and moving diary kept by a young Royal Marine in Afghanistan.

Episode 2

A widow pays an emotional tribute to the husband she lost at the Battle of Goose Green.

Episode 1

A soldier from World War II returns to the beach in Normandy where he landed in 1944.

Special

Gethin Jones is in Afghanistan with a special edition of the programme.

Episode 5

Gethin Jones hears the moving story of one World War Two veteran.

Episode 4

The story of a family who were passengers on board the ill-fated City of Benares.

Episode 3

Gethin Jones meets a former rear gunner in Bomber Command, who recalls his first mission.

Episode 2

Gethin Jones sees the progress British troops have made in Afghanistan.

Episode 1

The remarkable tale of Gena Turgel, who emerged from a gas chamber at Auschwitz alive.
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