Children of World War Two

Episode 1 SCHOOL CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE St John’s Primary School, Weymouth Jean and her sister are walking to school with evacuees Len and Rob but there’s a sign on the gate: “Closed until further notice” and men in her class speaking a foreign language. What’s going on?

Episode 2 RUN RABBIT RUN Bovington Primary Academy When Roy and his sister go with Gramp to Lulworth on the bus, an Army officer fears some of the passengers could be spies.

Episode 3 Little London Under the Stairs St John’s Primary School, Weymouth From an attic skylight Jean’s parents spot a group of enemy planes flying over the channel. They couldn’t be coming to bomb Weymouth - could they?

Episode 4 BANG GET IN THE SHELTER 12:02m St Nicholas and St Laurence Primary School, Weymouth After a long night trapped in their Anderson shelter Geoff and family are rescued, but what’s happened to Timmy the teddy - and where is Young Geoffrey?

Episode 5 A SPECIAL DINNER St Mary’s Middle School, Puddletown Beatrice and her sisters are going to buy meat for dinner, but if the women in front of them buy the last of the pork chops what will they cook for tea?

Episode 6 WE ATE THE PET RABBIT St Nicholas and St Laurence Primary School, Weymouth Geoff and his friend Dora collect scrap metal to be made into Spitfires. But their efforts take an alarming turn when the children pick up an unexploded incendiary bomb.

Episode 7 ON THE FARM Bovington Primary Academy Aunt Sue’s farm, Hollow Ditch is a rural paradise for Roy and his cousin, until they receive news that will change their lives forever.

Episode 8 GOT ANY GUM CHUM? St Mary’s Middle School, Puddletown Mary’s friends ask her to come and meet American soldiers at their camp in the Woods but she knows her parents wouldn’t approve. It’s a clear evening and as they walk up, dozens of planes fly over. Whatever can be going on?

Episode 9 Songs from the Show. Songs and musical interludes from the drama series Children of WWII by four Dorset schools with musicians Kathie Prince, clarinet and Freya Murray, piano