External Rating37%
202060 minEnded

A Wartime Christmas

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Aired on Dec 24, 2020, 9:00 PM

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Description

A family experience what it was like to celebrate the first three Christmases of the 1940s, and the challenges and deprivations families faced during these times.

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Status
Ended
Language
English
Runtime
60 min
Premiered
December 23, 2020
Ended
December 24, 2020
Schedule
Wednesday, Thursday at 9:00 PM

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Episodes (1 Season · 2 Episodes)

Episode 1

In the first episode, the family learns how to black out a home and build a shelter in the event of an air raid, and prepares a Woolton pie for Christmas dinner. Historians Joshua Levine, Carol Harris and Mike Brown offer an insight into the impact of rationing and evacuation on family life.

Dec 23, 2020

60 min

Episode 2

This time, the Dekkers go on to experience some of the challenges of wartime Christmas, including the difficulties of cooking with limited rations with food historian Annie Gray. Meanwhile, social historian Carol Harris explains that though 1942 represented a turning point on the battlefield, at home austerity and rationing became even harder.

Dec 24, 2020

60 min

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