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From North Africa, back to Britain and then through Europe, Letters of Love in WW2 tells a unique story of the Second World War from the perspective of two real people that lived through it.
Three months after they wed, Cyril and Olga Mowforth found themselves separated by the Second World War. Between 1940 and 1946, their love was kept alive on the pages of a thousand letters and postcards, found decades later by their family after they had both passed on. With their family’s poignant and emotional interviews bookending each episode and featuring the voices of Mr Bates vs The Post Office and Downton Abbey’s Amy Nuttall and Afropean author and broadcaster Johny Pitts, Letters of Love in WW2 gives an incredible first-hand insight into what it was like to live through this tumultuous period.
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Episode | Date |
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Extra: Memories of Cyril and Olga
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Aug 25, 2020 |
Extra: The importance of the letters to the family
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Aug 18, 2020 |
Extra: The family on Cyril and Olga's wartime experiences
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May 07, 2020 |
8. VE Day: Grief and Relief
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Jul 25, 2019 |
7. Bergen-Belsen: Sorrow and Shock
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Jul 18, 2019 |
6. Germany: On the Approach
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Jul 11, 2019 |
5. D-Day: Visitations
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Jul 04, 2019 |
4. El Alamein: Silence and Roses
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Jun 27, 2019 |
3. Siege of Tobruk: Battlefields and Reality
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Jun 20, 2019 |
2. North Africa: Lost Messages
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Jun 13, 2019 |
1. At Sea: Optimistic Goodbyes
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Jun 06, 2019 |
The history of the Second World War told through one couple's letters
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May 23, 2019 |