Season 1

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  8.0/1067 votes

  Helena Bonham Carter

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/27/2019

  Helena Bonham Carter relates how her grandfather defied orders by helping Jewish people escape the Holocaust, while her grandmother volunteered as an air raid warden and campaigned for women's rights

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.2/1052 votes

  Mark Rylance

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 12/4/2019

  Actor and peace campaigner Mark Rylance explores the extraordinary World War II story of his grandfather Osmond Skinner, who spent almost four years as a Japanese prisoner of war

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.8/1039 votes

  Kristin Scott Thomas

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 12/11/2019

  Actor Kristin Scott Thomas uncovers the story of how her grandfather William saved thousands of lives at Dunkirk while serving as a commanding officer in the Royal Navy throughout World War

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.0/1043 votes

  Carey Mulligan

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/18/2019

  Actor Carey Mulligan explores how her grandfather traveled thousands of miles to fight the Japanese in the final months of World War II, and lost his closest friends from a kamikaze attack at sea

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown