The 1940s House The Beginning of the End (Season 1, Episode 4)
TV Episode | Documentary, Family

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The 1940s House

The Beginning of the End (Season 1, Episode 4)

TV Episode | Documentary, Family

The family suffers from air-raids, sleep deprivation, and bomb damage before learning that the war is over. They also listen to radio stories about the liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

Director

Caroline Ross-Pirie (as Caroline Ross Pirie)

Producer

Simon Shaw

Editor

Sheryl Sandler

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Edit Released

Updated Jan 18, 2001

Release date

Jan 18, 2001 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

1 nomination

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Cast	+ Add Cast
13 cast members

Name	Known for
Geoffrey Palmer Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Piers Brendon Self - Keeper of the Churchill Archives (as Dr Piers Brendon) Self - Keeper of the Churchill Archives (as Dr Piers Brendon) See fewer	The Roots of Evil (1997)
Guy de la Bédoyère Self - Historian (as Guy De La Bedoyere) Self - Historian (as Guy De La Bedoyere) See fewer	Britain's Finest (2003)
Richard Dimbleby Self - Radio Reporter (voice) (archive footage) Self - Radio Reporter (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	Libel (1959)
Dwight D. Eisenhower Self - The Supreme Commander (voice) (archive footage) Self - The Supreme Commander (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	Nazi Concentration and Prison Camps (1945)
Ben Hymers Self Self See fewer	The 1940s House (2001)
Kirstie Hymers Self Self See fewer	The 1940s House (2001)
Lyn Hymers Self Self See fewer	The 1940s House (2001)
Michael Hymers Self Self See fewer	The 1940s House (2001)
Thomas Hymers Self Self See fewer	The 1940s House (2001)
Susan Jebb Self (as Dr Susan Jebb) Self (as Dr Susan Jebb) See fewer	The Twinstitute (2019)
Norman Longmate Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Television Club (1962)
John Snagge Self - D-Day Radio Announcer (voice) (archive footage) Self - D-Day Radio Announcer (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	Danger UXB (1979)