Aired Tuesday 8 October,
9:00pm - 9:15pmon BBC Four
Reel History of Britain
Series 1 Episode 6: Britain's Home GuardMelvyn Bragg is at Osterley Park in Middlesex, the site of the first Home Guard training school. Melvyn looks back to the Second World War and a time when millions of ordinary men were prepared to die for their country as Home Guard recruits. Plus, the creator of `Dad's Army', Jimmy Perry, tells us why he signed up to the Home Guard and Ken Chambers shares his own extraordinary stories from his own experience.
- Category
- Documentary / History
- Original air date
- 12/09/2011
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