My Grandparents’ War

Actor Toby Jones Is Following In His Grandmother’s Footsteps

Actor Toby Jones meets Professor Anselm Heinrich in Béthune, France — at the very theater where his grandmother, Dorki, performed in 1940. She was part of ENSA, the Entertainment National Service Association, which staged shows to raise the spirits of hundreds of thousands of British troops during the height of World War II.

Actor Toby Jones Is Following In His Grandmother’s Footsteps

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    Actor Kit Harington, who has played soldiers, spies, and – in "Game of Thrones" – warriors, discovers that his grandparents played comparable roles in their real lives during WWII. Speaking with family members and historians, he gains a new appreciation of the courage and sacrifice all four grandparents shared as they fought for their country and for a cause.

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    Follow actress Helena Bonham Carter as she explores the heroism of both sets of her grandparents during WWII — her grandmother, an air warden and outspoken politician, and her grandfather, a diplomat who save hundreds from the Holocaust.

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