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Children of World War Two
By ScreenPLAYDrama
Children of World War Two episodes
- School Closed until Further Notice
Episode 1 SCHOOL CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
St John’s Primary School, WeymouthJean and her sister are walking to school with evacuees Len and Rob but there’s a sign on the gate: “Closed until further notice” and men in her class speaking a foreign language. What’s going on?11 min - Run Rabbit Run
Episode 2 RUN RABBIT RUN
Bovington Primary AcademyWhen Roy and his sister go with Gramp to Lulworth on the bus, an Army officer fears some of the passengers could be spies.11 min - Little London Under the Stairs
Episode 3 Little London Under the Stairs
St John’s Primary School, WeymouthFrom an attic skylight Jean’s parents spot a group of enemy planes flying over the channel. They couldn’t be coming to bomb Weymouth - could they?11 min - Bang Get in the Shelter
Episode 4 BANG GET IN THE SHELTER 12:02m
St Nicholas and St Laurence Primary School, WeymouthAfter a long night trapped in their Anderson shelter Geoff and family are rescued, but what’s happened to Timmy the teddy - and where is Young Geoffrey?13 min - A Special Dinner
Episode 5 A SPECIAL DINNER
St Mary’s Middle School, PuddletownBeatrice and her sisters are going to buy meat for dinner, but if the women in front of them buy the last of the pork chops what will they cook for tea?11 min - We Ate the Pet Rabbit
Episode 6 WE ATE THE PET RABBIT
St Nicholas and St Laurence Primary School, WeymouthGeoff and his friend Dora collect scrap metal to be made into Spitfires. But their efforts take an alarming turn when the children pick up an unexploded incendiary bomb.9 min - On the Farm
Episode 7 ON THE FARM
Bovington Primary AcademyAunt Sue’s farm, Hollow Ditch is a rural paradise for Roy and his cousin, until they receive news that will change their lives forever.10 min - Got any Gum Chum?
Episode 8 GOT ANY GUM CHUM?
St Mary’s Middle School, PuddletownMary’s friends ask her to come and meet American soldiers at their camp in the Woods but she knows her parents wouldn’t approve. It’s a clear evening and as they walk up, dozens of planes fly over. Whatever can be going on?12 min - Songs from the Show
Episode 9 Songs from the Show.
Songs and musical interludes from the drama series Children of WWII by four Dorset schools with musicians Kathie Prince, clarinet and Freya Murray, piano15 min
About Children of World War Two
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An eight part audio drama about life as a child in Dorset during World War II, inspired by true stories from people in their 90s.
The stories are devised and performed by pupils from four Dorset schools under the guidance of a team of writers and artists from Dorset-based arts organisation ScreenPLAY.
Schools taking part are St John’s Primary, Weymouth, St Nicholas and St Lawrence’s Primary, Broadwey, St Mary’s Middle School, Puddletown and Bovington Primary Academy.
Audio files, scripts and the original aural history recordings are all part of an accession by the Dorset History Centre.
Children of WWII is a ScreenPLAY audio production for the Nothe Fort, Weymouth, in partnership with the Weymouth Area Development Trust and funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Dorset Council.