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Birmingham

Episode 5 of 5

Series marking the 75th anniversary of the Blitz. Hollywood actor David Harewood travels back to his native Birmingham to look at his city's Blitz story.

Hollywood actor David Harewood travels back to his native Birmingham to look at his city's Blitz story. During the war, Birmingham's factories were crucial to war production, and although the city was heavily bombed, much of the destruction was kept secret. David uncovers this story and talks to victims of the Blitz. He also goes up in a small plane to recreate the German bombing raids - from the sky he is able to see that the house where he grew up in Small Heath was sandwiched between two major targets.

44 minutes

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Fri 11 Sep 2020 16:20
BBC Two

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    Soul II Soul, Caron Wheeler

    Back To Life (However Do You Want Me)

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Presenter David Harewood
Series Producer Richard Weller
Executive Producer Paul Connolly

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