Review: Blitz Spirit TV Programme with Lucy Worsley
I am here to tell you all about a fantastic little documentary about World War2 , it was made for the BBC …
.... in fact scrub that maybe I should have said it was made by the BBC.
Using Actors and real life footage the programme explains what life was like in London in the lead up to WW2 and takes you through the start of the war which the Londoners described as the ‘phony war’ – whereby nothing really happened much at the start of the war apart from everyone preparing and getting ready for war with Germany but also the pummeling London received during the raids , raids which the Londoners called the Blitz … but along with that blitz there was also the true London spirit, a stiff upper lip maybe, a spirit of people pulling together and helping each-other out in time of wartime and even people who still managed to joke and laugh and make the best of a bad thing.
The actors that play out parts throughout the programme include a newspaper reporter , a fire person, a nurse amongst other people relating and giving their accounts and side of their story to the viewer about what happened, and it is all tied together with renowned historian, Lucy Worsley, who makes the programme very informative as well as interesting – there will be parts that make you sit up and go “I never knew that happened” – l dont want to give too much away about the programme, but for instance did you know at the start of the war the Londoners wanted to use the underground stations (the tube stations) as air raid shelters but London Underground officials would not let them use them as shelters! – it was only after much public forceful-ness and public pressure did they agree in the end, also there was very strong propaganda through the war , with the UK government reporting that everything was OK in London and controlling the media (newspapers) as to what they were allowed to print.
It really is very interesting programme, very well filmed, very well acted out by the actors , very realistic , very well explained by Lucy on what it actually felt like to be in London during wartime. Try and catch it if you can .
How to watch:
You might be able to get it on BBC iplayer
you may be able to watch it on BBC Select
If you live outside the UK and wish to watch this you could try and watch it on Vimeo (as long as its up there for) here:
https://vimeo.com/520828204
Viewing Time: 1hr30mins
aired originally 23rd FEB 2021 BBC ONE
IMDB Description:
- Documentary looking predominantly at the plight of the poor in the East End of London during World War II air raids of 1940. How much of what is now seen as an example of British Bulldog bravado was actually acts of desperation and necessity against an unseen enemy and a government seemingly not always willing to help.
- Lucy Worsley explores the lives of six real people who lived, worked and volunteered during the Blitz. Using the same style as Lucy’s film about the Suffragettes (Suffragettes with Lucy Worsley), the film shows their remarkable resilience, as well as the terrible suffering they endured, shining a light on the role of the front-line workers and volunteers at the heart of it all.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14130676/
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