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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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Alfie Boe

Siobhan Finneran

Andrew Nicholson

Peter Taylor

Claire Hughes

Rob Unsworth

Home Front Heroes: Series 1: Episode 2

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Episode 2

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Alfie Boe learns about his grandfather's role in the Home Guard.

Series looking at how ordinary people played a part in Britain's wartime victory. Alfie Boe learns how his grandfather helped protect the nation as a member of the Home Guard.

Series commemorating the ways in which ordinary men and women played a vital part in Britain's wartime victory. Singer Alfie Boe discovers how his grandfather helped protect the nation during the war as a member of the Home Guard immortalised in Dad's Army. He takes to the sea to find out how volunteers patrolled the country's shores and hears how fishermen from his home town not only helped feed a hungry nation, but were key to a daring beach rescue on the beaches of Dunkirk. Overwhelmed by the sacrifices made to keep wartime Britain safe, he meets a 97-year-old
fisherman who risked his life to defend the British coastline.

Home Front Heroes: Series 1

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