A history of childcare in the first half of the century. Bombs at Bedtime. This programme includes vivid accounts of the struggle to keep children safe and fed during the last war. Mothers faced an exhausting double burden, with the disruption of everyday routines and the daily threat to the lives of their children.
Women describe the long-term depression many endured - a legacy of war which has been rarely documented. ProducerSteve Humphries
Executive producer Sam Organ
A Testimony production for BBCtv