no, never. no. tv clip: in the meantime, mr winton. .. we often wondered who had brought us. and of course, then, there were 40 of us came up to that show. and of course, since then, we ve done all sorts of things with him, you know? and what kind of a man was he, in your experience? he was very introverted. he didn t want anybody to know, actually. he didn t want any accolade. do you ever think about the children and what happened to them? yes. yes, i do from time to time. do you? no, not really. well, maybe a little, recently. it is incredible - what you achieved. oh, i don t think of it that way. no, no, no, no. i mean it, truly. i mean, you should be proud. save one life, save i the world, you know? well, it s nothing to brag about. i mean, look at doreen and trevor. they did far more than i did.
i ll. i ll bring more another day. baby screams she pleads being in prague and trying to recreate these harrowing scenes in refugee camps and at the refugee office that he worked in with a tiny team watching people play the parents of children and they re sending their children off and seeing them, kind of, families wrenched apart and knowing what happened to the parents, you get a glimpse into what he would have felt. we are moving the children. in big groups, by train. that s a two day trip, - which would mean crossing holland and the dutchl have shut their borders tojewish refugees. and they d have . to cross germany. yes, but they d only be passing through and on british visas. with british foster parents waiting. well, that is if you can find british foster parents. - there are 1,000 - children on that list. the welcome may not be as warm as you re all imagining. god bless nicholas winton and all people who tried. you know, it s like viktor
and i think only two of them survived the war. so, that was a deep shame that he had to overcome. and so it was a lovely thing for him to meet the children as adults. we asked as many as possible of these grown up children to get in touch with us, so they d have the chance to thank mr winton personally. can i ask, is there anyone in our audience tonight who owes their life to nicholas winton? if so, could you stand up, please? after the first that s life episode featuring sir nicholas winton s story aired in 1988, dozens more survivors got in touch with the programme. sir nicholas was invited back to the studio, and this time the audience included many more of the children from the prague trains and their descendants. from this moment on, they called themselves nicky s children, and renate was one of them. applause tv clip: ..mr winton personally. renate: here s me.
is the fact that i can t really take credit for any of it. my life is a complete mystery to me. i don t even know why i act. so when any young actor says, how do you do it? , i say, i don t know. learn your lines, show up and don t bump into the furniture! but use compassion. compassion. thanks so much. what a treat. compassion, a quality that sir nicholas winton also had in abundance. well, you can see now from our conversation, there was nothing heroic about it. it sjust a question of organisational work.
and our doctor said, if you don t put her on this train, she ll never go. and do you remember saying goodbye to your mother? oh, i remember, yes, because i was so poorly. but only one parent was allowed on the platform. and before the train went out, i remember the german soldiers were in a line. and theyjust lined up and kept the parents from going near the train. but on the film, it shows the parents going right up to the carriages. we are working to evacuate these children by train to safety in britain. why are you doing this, mrwinton?i to secure the children s visas, winton and his team had to find foster families for them before they came to britain. well, i d written a letter via my mother, which my mother had quite good english, that if they didn t have any spinach in england, and plenty of ice cream,