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Going Back Giving Back

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Factual: Life Stories

Aled Jones meets generous people to investigate how they can change the lives of others.

As a nation, the UK is incredibly generous and presenter Aled Jones explores the personal history of incredible individuals to see how they can positively change the life of another.

Michelle Heeley

Will Smith

Bernie Kay

Jenny Smith

Aled Jones

Going Back Giving Back: Series 1: Episode 5

Episode 5

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Aled meets a woman who had an idyllic upbringing and a family who have never left London.

Documentary series exploring generosity. Aled Jones introduces a woman who had an idyllic seaside upbringing to a family who have never left London, let alone seen the sea.

As a nation, the UK is incredibly giving and Going Back Giving Back is born out of this generosity. 

Presenter Aled Jones goes back to the 1960s to hear the story of an inspirational woman who was lucky enough to experience an idyllic and carefree childhood in a beautiful seaside village in Cornwall. In stark contrast to her own upbringing, she meets a family living in east London who have never been outside the capital, or even seen the sea.

Going Back Giving Back: Series 1

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As a nation, the UK is incredibly generous and presenter Aled Jones explores the personal history of incrdible individuals to see how they can positively change the life of another.

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