<div>In the first episode of Behind the Frontline, Dr. Tessa Dunlop celebrates the 75th anniversary of VE Day and interviews Liz Macay and Tam Thompson, both children who were dislocated by war. Liz was a toddler during the war and was evacuation from London to live in Dorset. Tam, now 91, turned 16 on VE Day. Her sweet-sixteen celebration is a reminder that, no matter what the cost, no crisis lasts forever.  
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In the first episode of Behind the Frontline, Dr. Tessa Dunlop celebrates the 75th anniversary of VE Day and interviews Liz Macay and Tam Thompson, both children who were dislocated by war. Liz was a toddler during the war and was evacuation from London to live in Dorset. Tam, now 91, turned 16 on VE Day. Her sweet-sixteen celebration is a reminder that, no matter what the cost, no crisis lasts forever.

In the first episode of Behind the Frontline, Dr. Tessa Dunlop celebrates the 75th anniversary of VE Day and interviews Liz Macay and Tam Thompson, both children who were dislocated by war. Liz was a toddler during the war and was evacuation from London to live in Dorset. Tam, now 91, turned 16 on VE Day. Her sweet-sixteen celebration is a reminder that, no matter what the cost, no crisis lasts forever.&nbsp;

1: Growing Up During WW2

Every week historian Dr. Tessa Dunlop will explore the response of ordinary people operating in extraordinary times. Coronavirus and its long tentacles of destruction have stunned the world but war, natural disaster and pandemics have a long history of collateral damage: Behind the Frontline will talk directly to the nurses, paramedics, volunteers, support staff, civilians and soldiers who have confronted danger and survived to tell the tale. What can we learn from their experience?

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