Forty years ago this autumn, Hitler launched his- bombers into an all-out assault on our cities and towns as the first step in the conquest of Britain. Thousands of civilians were killed, but Hitler failed.
In five programmes, compiled' and presented by Norman Toier, you can hear eye-witness accounts of The Blitz, from diaries and other records made by ordinary British people. 1: We Were in It
Read by KAREN ARCHER. MICHAEL TUDOR BARNES , DIANA BISHOP, ALISTER CAMERON , LOLLY COCKERELL, PETER DAHLSEN , JUDY FRANKLIN , SONIA FRASER , NIGEL GREAVES. BRIAN HAINES , ALEXANDER JOHN , EVE KARPF, GODFREY KENTON , LIZZIE MC KENZIE , AMANDA MURRAY , PEGGY PAIGE , SIÔN PROBERT, ROWENA ROBERTS. CHRISTOPHER SCOTT and ANDREW TIMOTHY
Directed by JOHN CARDY