Former Royal Marine Arthur Williams walks across Britain to learn about World War II, including details of women who became spies, teenagers who went down the mines, and inventors who created new weapons used in the conflict.
Episodes Season Season 1 · 0/6 0/6 watched · 2021
S01E01 Liverpool 2021-09-14 45m
Former Royal Marine Arthur Williams walks across Britain to learn about World War II, and he begins his adventure in the port city of Liverpool. more
S01E02 Devon 2021-09-21 45m
Arthur travels to South Devon to learn about the visitors that wound up in the region, including thousands of London's evacuee children. more
S01E03 London 2021-09-28 45m
Arthur Williams explores London, starting out at St Paul's Cathedral, which became the iconic symbol of the blitz. At Soho's Café de Paris, he learns how the blackout affected the capital's nightlife, and visits London Zoo, to find out how the animals coped during the bombing. more
S01E04 Hampshire 2021-10-05 45m
Arthur learns about the secret operations that occurred in Hampshire during the war. He heads deep underground to discover how the London Transport Board kept London moving, and how underground tunnels kept Londoners safe from the bombs. At Senate House he discovers the true story of the Ministry of Information before heading to London Zoo to discover what role the animals played in keeping spirits up. Finally, he visits the Central London Mosque, to find out how the war changed London forever. more
S01E05 East Anglia 2021-10-12 45m
Arthur Williams discovers how the people of East Anglia prepared for German invasion, planting mines on the tourist beach at Great Yarmouth building concrete defences and exploding riverbanks at Leiston. more
S01E06 South Wales 2021-10-19 45m
Arthur's journey ends in South Wales, the industrial heartland of wartime Britain, where he learns about barrage balloons that protected the docks and the story of the Bevin Boys. more 
