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The BBC West region started on 1st September 1957 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One West.

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Remembrance series honouring heroes both on the battlefield and the home front.

Simulcast of network BBC One in high definition. From 03/11/2010

BBC One HD

Simulcast of BBC One Scotland in high definition. From 14/01/2013

BBC One Scotland HD

Simulcast of BBC One Northern Ireland in high definition. From 24/10/2012

BBC One Northern Ireland HD

Simulcast of BBC One Wales in high definition. From 29/01/2013

BBC One Wales HD

The BBC South West region started on 20th April 1961 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One South West.

BBC One South West

The BBC South region started on 5th January 1961 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One South.

BBC One South

BBC One London

London

BBC One West Midlands

BBC One region covering Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire.

BBC One East Midlands

The BBC East region started on 1st May 1959 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One East.

BBC One East

BBC One North West

The BBC North East & Cumbria region started in 1959 (tbc) as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One North East & Cumbria.

BBC One North East & Cumbria

BBC One Yorkshire

BBC One Oxfordshire

Formerly part of a wider BBC One South East region that included London and part of the South region. Separated from BBC One London 2001-09-03 following reorganisation of the South East region.

BBC One South East

BBC One Cambridgeshire

BBC One Channel Islands

BBC One Yorks & Lincs

BBC One Scotland

Scotland

BBC Northern Ireland region started on 19th April 1955 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One Northern Ireland.

BBC One Northern Ireland

BBC One Wales

Wales

Sophie Raworth

Andy Torbet

Michael Morpurgo

Roger Farrant

Joanne Vaughan-Jones

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The People Remember: Series 1: Episode 1: Families During War

Episode 1

Episode 1: Families During War

Series 1

Families During War

BBC One - The People Remember, Series 1, Families During War

A former evacuee is reunited with the man who became her brother during World War II.

Wartime history series. Sophie Raworth and former army officer Andy Torbet meet former evacuee and award-winning author of War Horse, Michael Morpurgo.

In the first of a new series, Sophie Raworth and former army officer Andy Torbet honour heroes of war, both on the battlefield and the home front. Joining them at the newly refurbished Imperial War Museum in London is award-winning author of War Horse and former evacuee, Michael Morpurgo. 

Also, a former evacuee is reunited with the man who became her brother during the Second World War, Sophie takes an access-all-areas tour of the museum's new First World War gallery, and Andy reveals how you can discover the truth about your own relatives who fought in the First World War. There's also a moving performance from the Poppy Girls, who all have fathers serving in the forces.

The People Remember: Series 1

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History series honouring the heroes of war on the battlefield and the home front.

History series presented by Sophie Raworth and Andy Torbet, honouring the heroes of war on the battlefield and the home front.

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