Introduction

Four celebrated actors explore their grandparents’ extraordinary wartime stories

Outline

Helena Bonham Carter relates how her grandfather defied orders by helping Jewish people escape the Holocaust, while her grandmother volunteered as an air raid warden and campaigned for women’s rights.

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Production & Filming Details

• Director(s): Leo Nurley, Francis Hanly, and Laura Nash.
• Producer(s): Tom Anstiss, Leo Burley, Paul Hamann, Tim Jordan, Alex Bingham, Rebecca Fairbank, Francis Hanly, Laura Nash, and Rajveer Sihota.
• Music: Nainita Desai.
• Cinematography: Mike Robinson, Lorian Reed-Drake, and Steve Robinosn.
• Editor(s): Guy Crossman, Fredrik Limi, Gordon Mason, and Sally Yeadon.
• Production: Wild Pictures, Taphae Productions (in association with), and Channel 4 (for).
• Distributor(s): Channel 4.
• Release Date: 27 November 2019.
• Running Time: 47 minutes.
• Country: UK.
• Language: English.