The Blitz: Britain On Fire
The Blitz: Britain On Fire is a TV show on Channel 5. Historical series exploring how Liverpool was bombarded for eight days in May 1941. The program has been available since 2024. A total of 3 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in May 2024.
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1:00:00The Blitz: Britain On Fire
Mary Lawson's rash decision to stay above ground during the bombing had serious consequences, but Liverpool ultimately emerged from this terrible time wounded but not defeated.
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1:00:00In Liverpool, Matron Gertrude Riding and Dr Leonard Findlay ran a hospital with a busy maternity ward, and were right in the midst of the target zone. In the docks, Captain Howard Kinley's bomb-laden ship caught fire, and 350 tonnes of high explosive went up.
1:00:00Michael Buerk, Angellica Bell and Rob Bell follow Margaret Johnson, a mother of six whose children could not be evacuated, plus Mary Lawson, a promising film star in 40s Britain who was in Liverpool when the raids began, and Churchill's morale-boosting tour of bombed Britain.