The Week We Went to War Episode #1.2 (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV Episode | 43 min | Documentary, War

The Week We Went to War

Episode #1.2 (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV Episode | 43 min | Documentary, War

The heroes of the Home Front are celebrated to commemorate the week, 70 years ago, that Britain went to war with Nazi Germany. Also in this show, twenty-one-year-old student and MasterChef contestant Ben Ellison spends a month living on ...See moreThe heroes of the Home Front are celebrated to commemorate the week, 70 years ago, that Britain went to war with Nazi Germany. Also in this show, twenty-one-year-old student and MasterChef contestant Ben Ellison spends a month living on wartime rations. Also a tribute is paid to Home Front hero Thomas Hopper Alderson, who won Britain's first George Cross after a German air raid on Bridlington, North Yorkshire. Written by Mark Smith See less

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11 cast members

Name	Known for
Katherine Jenkins Self - Presenter Self - Presenter See fewer	Minamata (2020)
Michael Aspel Self - Presenter Self - Presenter See fewer	The War Game (1966)
Tim Wonnacott Self - Antiques Expert Self - Antiques Expert See fewer	The Great Antiques Hunt (1994)
Ben Ellison Self - Chef Self - Chef See fewer	The Week We Went to War (2009)
Tony Benn Self Self See fewer	Folk Britannia (2006)
Lionel Blair Self Self See fewer	A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Lionel Blue Self (as Rabbi Lionel Blue) Self (as Rabbi Lionel Blue) See fewer	Days of Awe (2012)
Mike Brown Self - Home Front Historian Self - Home Front Historian See fewer	The Week We Went to War (2009)
Leslie Phillips Self Self See fewer	Venus (I) (2006)
Sylvia Syms Self Self See fewer	The Queen (2006)
Shirley Williams Self Self See fewer	Tory! Tory! Tory! (2006)