The heroes of the Home Front are celebrated to commemorate the week, 70 years ago, that Britain went to war with Nazi Germany. Also this show interviews witnesses of the worst civilian tragedy on the Home Front - the Bethnal Green Tube Disaster, in which 173 people were crushed to death in a crowd fleeing an air raid that never happened. Plus, two couples prove that that the pen really is mightier than the sword by revealing their love letters to each other throughout the war.
—Mark Smith <msmith@osi.co.uk>