Jules Hudson travels to Northern Ireland, where he discovers how the people of Belfast survived one of the worst Blitz attacks and helped raise enough money ... read more
Jules travels to Scotland, where he gets to grips with rationing and tastes some wartime treats. He discovers the dangers faced by hundreds of women in secre... read more
Jules reaches north east England, and discovers Churchill's clandestine guerrilla army - ready to see off invasion at any cost.
He explores the largest ai... read more
Jules arrives in Yorkshire. Starting in Sheffield, he meets two women who survived danger and sexism in Sheffield's steel mills. He uncovers the story of a H... read more
He journeys through the Midlands to hear about the emotional bonds formed between American paratroopers and the people of Nottingham; travels the canals to e... read more
Jules Hudson explores the Home Counties' contribution to World War II, where he turns his hand to some of the experimental weapons dreamt up by a secretive o... read more
Jules visits London to meet a volunteer who found himself battling the horror of the Blitz as a teenage firefighter; hears harrowing stories of children who ... read more
Jules Hudson arrives in south-west England, where he discovers how a nation of knitters kept our troops in the fight; meets the relatives of some extremely b... read more
Jules Hudson reaches Wales where he discovers how 70 prisoners of war made a daring escape from a prison near Bridgend.
In Cardiff he hears how women oper... read more
Jules Hudson reaches north west England in his journey around Britain, where he finds out how an army of women helped keep the nation fed throughout the war;... read more