My Family at War ambient background
CinebyCineby
My Family at War backdrop

My Family at War

My Family at War

2008•40m•Documentary
Similars

Celebrities investigate their families' roles during the Great War.

StatusEnded
Runtime40m
LanguageEN
First Air DateNov 3, 2008

Episodes

Episode 1 - Historian Dan Snow and actress Natalie CassidyE140m

Historian Dan Snow and actress Natalie Cassidy

Historian Dan Snow and actress Natalie Cassidy set off down very different paths to try and discover the truth behind their families' roles in the Great War. Natalie's journey tracks some of the forgotten stories of the war and takes her from the bombed out streets of London to the mass burial sites of Belgium. Dan retraces the footsteps of his great grandfather General Thomas Snow and is shocked to discover that he may have been partially to blame for the slaughter at the Battle of the Somme.

Nov 3, 2008

Episode 2 - Matthew Kelly and cricketer Phil TufnellE240m

Matthew Kelly and cricketer Phil Tufnell

Matthew Kelly travels through France on his way to the battlefields of Flanders, hoping to solve the mystery of his great uncle Albert, who died in a prisoner of war camp in 1917. To find out how he came to be there, and how he died, Matthew must retrace Albert's footsteps through the war. Former England cricketer Phil Tufnell wants to find out what life was like for his grandfather, Mechanic 1st Class William Tufnell, in the Royal Flying Corps on the Western Front.

Nov 4, 2008

Episode 3 - Eamonn Holmes and Kate SilvertonE340m

Eamonn Holmes and Kate Silverton

Eamonn Holmes discovers how his Irish grandad was treated when he came home, wounded, to an Ireland on the brink of civil war, where the British army was considered the enemy of nationalism. Kate Silverton, meanwhile, discovers the bitter reality of trench warfare for George, her great grandfather.

Nov 5, 2008

Episode 4 - Rolf Harris and Kirsty WarkE440m

Rolf Harris and Kirsty Wark

Rolf Harris has been singing Two Little Boys for 40 years. Until now, he had no idea just how much the song mirrors the story of his dad and uncle in the Great War. In this programme, Rolf fulfils a lifetime's ambition by travelling to the Western Front to find out the truth behind his hit song. Kirsty Wark, meanwhile, uncovers the brutal reality of her great uncle's life in the machine gun corps.

Nov 11, 2008

Recommendations

World War II with Tom Hanks
Who Do You Think You Are?
American Experience
Mysteries at the Museum
History 101
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Doctor Who Confidential
Biography
American Masters
Top Gear
The Last Movie Stars
30 for 30
Greatest Events of World War II in Colour
Marvel's 616
The Witcher: A Look Inside the Episodes
Finding Your Roots
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
World War II in Colour
The World at War

Similars

The Aces' War
Royal Cousins at War
Apocalypse: World War I
Faith of the Century: A History of Communism
The World Wars
Doomsday: World War I
Tony Robinson's World War 1
Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain
War News
Apocalypse: The Rise of Hitler
Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo
The Lafayette Escadrille: The American Volunteers Who Flew For France in World War One
Warplane
1914-1945: They Made History
World War One
David Jason's Secret Service
The World's War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire
WWI: The First Modern War
The Great War
Scotland's War at Sea