Helena Bonham Carter goes in search of the truth behind her relatives' involvement in World War II. Both sets of her grandparents, one pair in France the other in England, were unconventional war heroes.
Mark follows his grandfather's POW story, talks to the people whose families were also sent to the Japanese interment camps in Hong Kong and learns about the horrific devastation caused by the fire and atom bombs dropped on Japan.
Actress Kristin Scott Thomas explores the career of her grandfather Lt Cdr William Scott Thomas, a Royal Navy captain who played a big role in some of the key missions of WWII including the Dunkirk evacuation, the Arctic convoys and D-Day.
