Britain's Greatest Generation

Documentary series that tells the stories of the extraordinary last survivors of the generation who fought or lived through World War II

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How the BBC covered VE Day in 1945
Dorothy Bohm
Fergus Anckorn
Dorothy Hughes & Austin Byrne — Their Finest Hour
Jim Purcell — Coming of Age

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Then and now: the Greatest Generation in pictures

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