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New episodes: Children Of WWII, a series of audio plays performed by local school children

Children from local schools have recorded a series of plays in which they play the parts of children during World War 2. The series is a ScreenPLAY production for Nothe Fort, Weymouth, and all credits are given at the end of each episode. Further episodes will be added as and when we receive them.

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Episode 2
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Episode 4
Episode 5
Episode 6


Episode 1 of 8, ‘School Closed Until Further Notice’ performed by St John’s Primary School, Weymouth:

Jean 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 are speaking a foreign language. What’s going on?…

Children of WWII, episode 1


Episode 2 of 8, ‘Run Rabbit Run’ performed by Bovington Primary Academy:

When Roy and his sister go with Gramp to Lulworth on the bus, an Army officer fears some of the passengers could be spies…

Children of WWII, episode 2


Episode 3 of 8, ‘Little London Under the Stairs’ performed by St John’s Primary School, Weymouth:

From 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?”

Children of WWII, episode 3


Episode 4 of 8, ‘Bang Get In The Shelter’ performed by St Nicholas and St Laurence Primary School, Weymouth:

After 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?

Children of WWII, episode 4


Episode 5 of 8, ‘A Special Dinner’ performed by St Mary’s Middle School, Puddletown:

Beatrice 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?

Children of WWII, episode 5


Episode 6 of 8, ‘We Ate The Pet Rabbit’ St Nicholas and St Laurence Primary School, Weymouth:

Geoff 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.

Children of WWII, episode 6