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Series commemorating the role of ordinary men and women in Britain's wartime victory.

A new series commemorating the ways in which ordinary men and women played a vital part in Britain's wartime victory.

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Home Front Heroes: Series 1: Episode 1

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Sue Johnston finds out how nurses battled through the bombing to treat the injured.

Series looking at how ordinary people played a part in Britain's wartime victory. Sue Johnston finds out how nurses like her aunt battled through the bombing to treat the injured.

In a new series commemorating the ways in which ordinary men and women played a vital part in Britain's wartime victory, five famous faces relive the experience of a close family member, discovering how each of them did their bit to keep the country safe. Today, actor Sue Johnston finds out how nurses like her aunt battled on through the bombing to treat the injured, and learns how the wartime techniques pioneered in her home city revolutionised medicine.

Home Front Heroes: Series 1

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