My Grandparents’ War
TVPG
Documentary
War
History
To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the start of World War II, actors explore their grandparents’ extraordinary wartime stories.
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Matt Roush says...
A compelling blend of history and genealogy, this series asks British stars to explore and reflect on their families’ wartime service. Season 2 opens with Game of Thrones star Kit Harington (Jon Snow) telling how his maternal grandparents met during a bombing raid in a hospital where Pippa was a nurse and Mick (later awarded a military cross for bravery) was her patient. His paternal grandfather John has an even more exotic backstory, stationed in the Caribbean (where he met wife Lavender) in the British Intelligence Services to spy on former king and Nazi sympathizer the Duke of Windsor. Serving at the same time and place as author Ian Fleming, could John Harington have been an inspiration for James Bond? (Future episodes feature actors Keira Knightley and Toby Jones and singer-songwriter Emeli Sandé.)
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‘My Grandparents’ War’: Helena Bonham Carter and More Stars on Their WWII Family Histories
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