quite overwhelming. this is one of the earliest pictures i ve ever seen of him cos he would only have been about 20. this is where the miners would work. unbelievable. now, i remember when i joined the family, how pleased he was that i was from an indian family. it mattered. allied squadrons take the airfor another great battle over europe. it was the deadliest conflict in human history. world war ii drew in men and women from all over the globe and claimed the lives of around 80 million people. 75 years ago this month, after almost six long years of fighting, the end of the war was officially declared. there aren t many people who don t have some sort of family connection to that war. to mark its end, four presenters from bbc news, including myself, are telling the stories of our relatives the roles they played, what they did, whether here on the home front, in the atlantic or deep in burma sjungle. we start with mishal husain and her grandfather. he was one of more than t
now on bbc news, we take a look at the roles played by the families of bbc news presenters during world war ii. to come here today and to see where he spent a part of his life a very difficult part of his life is, i have to say, it‘s. . . it‘s quite overwhelming. this is one of the earliest pictures i‘ve ever seen of him cos he would only have been about 20. this is where the miners would work. unbelievable. now, i remember when i joined the family, how pleased he was that i was from an indian family. it mattered. allied squadrons take the airfor another great battle over europe. it was the deadliest conflict in human history. world war ii drew in men and women from all over the globe and claimed the lives of around 80 million people. 75 years ago this month, after almost six long years of fighting, the end of the war was officially declared. there aren‘t many people who don‘t have some sort of family connection to that war. to mark its end, four presenters from
now on bbc news, in this special programme, some of the bbc‘s news presenters look back at the roles their families played in the second world war. to come here today and to see where he spent a part of his life a very difficult part of his life is, i have to say, it s. . . it s quite overwhelming. this is one of the earliest pictures i ve ever seen of him cos he would only have been about 20. this is where the miners would work. unbelievable. now, i remember when i joined the family, how pleased he was that i was from an indian family. it mattered. allied squadrons take the airfor another great battle over europe. it was the deadliest conflict in human history. world war ii drew in men and women from all over the globe and claimed the lives of around 80 million people. 75 years ago this month, after almost six long years of fighting, the end of the war was officially declared. there aren t many people who don t have some sort of family connection to that war. to mark i
to come here today and to see where he spent a part of his life a very difficult part of his life is, i have to say, it s. . . it s quite overwhelming. this is one of the earliest pictures i ve ever seen of him cos he would only have been about 20. this is where the miners would work. unbelievable. now, i remember when i joined the family, how pleased he was that i was from an indian family. it mattered. allied squadrons take the airfor another great battle over europe. it was the deadliest conflict in human history. world war ii drew in men and women from all over the globe and claimed the lives of around 80 million people. 75 years ago this month, after almost six long years of fighting, the end of the war was officially declared. there aren t many people who don t have some sort of family connection to that war. to mark its end, four presenters from bbc news, including myself, are telling the stories of our relatives the roles they played, what they did, whether here
now on bbc news. white might be incredible stories of the families of some of my colleagues, bbc news presenters, and their role in the second world war, in title might be people s war. the people s war. to come here today and to see where he spent a part of his life a very difficult part of his life is, i have to say, it s. . . it s quite overwhelming. this is one of the earliest pictures i ve ever seen of him cos he would only have been about 20. this is where the miners would work. unbelievable. now, i remember when i joined the family, how pleased he was that i was from an indian family. it mattered. allied squadrons take the airfor another great battle over europe. it was the deadliest conflict in human history. world war ii drew in men and women from all over the globe and claimed the lives of around 80 million people. 75 years ago this month, after almost six long years of fighting, the end of the war was officially declared. there aren t many people who don t h