VE Day Forever in their Debt

Friday 8 May 2020 will mark the 75th anniversary of the formal end of the Second World War in Europe VE Day Forever in their Debt tells the stories of those who experienced the end of the war in all its many forms It features a wide range of interviews from children who remember the street parties to the servicemen who remember not having to buy a single drink that day then there are the POWs for whom a hot bath was all they wanted after years of captivity The programme is richly illustrated with archive including a colour film showing the celebrations in London Other archive films show a grumpy Montgomery taking the surrender of German land forces in northern Germany on May 4