This British history pocast tells the story of the eight months of misery and resistance known as The Blitz.

From September 1940 to May 1941 London endured a brutal bombing campaign.  Night after night the Germans attacked the city mercilessly.

At first, it seemed that the planes would not come. The period known as the "phony war". But on the 7th of September 1940 there was a devastating raid on East London as firefighters fought a seven-mile long blaze. This was just the beggining.

We tell the stories of the bomb shelters built in the gardens. And the brave ARP wardens trying to protect the residents.

Listen to the testimony of some of the thousands of evacuated children who left their mothers and fathers for an uncertain time in the countryside.

Hear how Londoners battled with the authorities to gain access to the underground platforms , which became a home from home for people in need of shelter.

Hear how London’s women took up jobs as firefighters, air raid wardens, and Land Girls.

Every day people queued up as food was rationed.  And took to the altoments and parks in a campaign to “dig for victory”

Find out about the Saint Paul’s Watch - a brave group of volunteers determined to save St Paul’s cathedral from the Nazi bombers.

In October 1940 a bomb fell in Shoreditch, but did not explode. What happened when two members of a bomb disposal squad tried to diffuse it?

And we tell the story of the Bethnal Green Tube disaster.  The biggest loss of life in one single incident during the war.

Our team of voice actors and  crafted audio soundscape touchingly evokes the period

 Listen to our British History podcast about the Blitz here: