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Walking Wartime Britain

Rating:3.5 of 5Total number of episodes:29
Last broadcast:06/03/2022 at 20:00
Series 1
1:00:00

Series 1, Episode 6 - South Wales

4.0 4 x
Arthur’s journey ends in South Wales, the industrial heartland of wartime Britain.
1:00:00

Series 1, Episode 5 - East Anglia

4.0 6 x
Arthur’s walks unearth the heroes and forgotten locations that took the nation to victory.
1:00:00

Series 1, Episode 4 - Hampshire

4.0 3 x
Arthur learns about the secret operations that occurred in Hampshire during the war.
1:00:00

Series 1, Episode 3 - London

3.0 4 x
Arthur tours St Paul's Cathedral and learns how the blackout affected London’s nightlife.
1:00:00

Series 1, Episode 2 - Devon

3.0 14 x
Arthur travels to South Devon to learn about the visitors that wound up in the region.
1:00:00

Series 1, Episode 1 - Liverpool

3.0 13 x
Former Royal Marine Arthur Williams begins his adventure in the port city of Liverpool.
50:00

Series 1, Episode 6 - South Wales

3.0 16 x
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.
1:05:00

Series 1, Episode 5

4.0 8 x
Arthur’s walks unearth tales of bravery, sacrifice and ingenuity as he discovers the heroes and forgotten locations that steered the nation to victory, and special emphasis is placed on coastal defences, such as mines and exploding riverbanks.
1:00:00

Series 1, Episode 4 - Hampshire

4.0 8 x
Arthur learns about the secret operations that occurred in Hampshire during the war, including secret factories that helped assemble aircraft, the secret bombing range in the New Forest, and the women who became lumberjacks.
50:00

Series 1, Episode 3 - London

4.0 9 x
Arthur starts his walk at St Paul’s Cathedral, which became the iconic symbol of the blitz, before learning how the blackout affected London’s nightlife; the host pays a visit to a zoo to learn how the animals coped with the blitz.
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