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My Grandparents' War

Season 1 2019
TV-PG

  • 2019-11-27T21:00:00Z on Channel 4
  • 47m
  • 3h 8m (4 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary
Follow the moving, personal stories of Helena Bonham Carter, Mark Rylance, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Carey Mulligan as they travel to historic locations to learn about what their grandparents experienced during World War Two. In each episode one of the actors explore how six years changed the lives of their family and the world forever while learning about the life and death decisions that their grandparents faced.

4 episodes

Series Premiere

2019-11-27T21:00:00Z

1x01 Helena Bonham Carter

Series Premiere

1x01 Helena Bonham Carter

  • 2019-11-27T21:00:00Z47m

Helena Bonham Carter relates how her grandfather defied orders by helping Jewish people escape the Holocaust, while her grandmother volunteered as an air raid warden and campaigned for women's rights

2019-12-04T21:00:00Z

1x02 Mark Rylance

1x02 Mark Rylance

  • 2019-12-04T21:00:00Z47m

Actor and peace campaigner Mark Rylance explores the extraordinary World War II story of his grandfather Osmond Skinner, who spent almost four years as a Japanese prisoner of war

2019-12-11T21:00:00Z

1x03 Kristin Scott Thomas

1x03 Kristin Scott Thomas

  • 2019-12-11T21:00:00Z47m

Actor Kristin Scott Thomas uncovers the story of how her grandfather William saved thousands of lives at Dunkirk while serving as a commanding officer in the Royal Navy throughout World War

Season Finale

2019-12-18T21:00:00Z

1x04 Carey Mulligan

Season Finale

1x04 Carey Mulligan

  • 2019-12-18T21:00:00Z47m

Actor Carey Mulligan explores how her grandfather traveled thousands of miles to fight the Japanese in the final months of World War II, and lost his closest friends from a kamikaze attack at sea

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