Lost Voices

At 105 years old, Flight Lieutenant Colin Bell is a living link to a world most of us can only imagine. Born in 1921, Colin grew up watching Charles Lindbergh land at Croydon, dealt with black marketeers for petrol coupons, and sweet-talked a reluctant girl called Cath into a date - the woman he would go on to marry. But it was the skies over wartime Germany that would define him. Flying solo Mosquito missions deep into enemy territory, running spoof raids over Hamburg, and making terrifying flights over Berlin, Colin saw and survived things that claimed the lives of a quarter of his squadron. In this episode of Lost Voices, he reflects on courage, fear, and what it really meant to fly for your country.
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As war was declared, did Unity Mitford try to return to Britain? She’d bought a gun and written a last will and testament - so, what was going on inside her head? Was the once frivolous socialite realising the full horror of her situation? Listen to find out!

Sandra Parsons, Literary Editor of the Daily Mail, explores world-exclusive extracts from Unity Mitford’s personal diary - revealing the fears and tension in those days before and after Britain was drawn into war with Germany.

In this final episode, Unity takes a day trip to Dachau concentration camp, moves into an apartment where the Jewish owners have been evicted, and finds herself increasingly alone, on a bed that she’s draped with swastika flags.

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As war was declared, did Unity Mitford try to return to Britain? She’d bought a gun and written a last will and testament - so, what was going on inside her head? Was the once frivolous socialite realising the full horror of her situation? Listen to find out!

Sandra Parsons, Literary Editor of the Daily Mail, explores world-exclusive extracts from Unity Mitford’s personal diary - revealing the fears and tension in those days before and after Britain was drawn into war with Germany. 

In this final episode, Unity takes a day trip to Dachau concentration camp, moves into an apartment where the Jewish owners have been evicted, and finds herself increasingly alone, on a bed that she’s draped with swastika flags.

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How will Unity Mitford reconcile her love for England with her besotted loyalty to Adolf Hitler and fascism? As war looms, she sits next to The Führer at official dinners and is privy to German state secrets – but is Hitler using her to spread false information? Listen to find out!

Sandra Parsons, Literary Editor of the Daily Mail, explores world-exclusive extracts from Unity Mitford’s personal diary - revealing Hitler’s state of mind in the run-up to war, and his extraordinary relationship with a frivolous British socialite.

In this episode, Unity appears to have a premonition of disaster and prepares for the worst.

Host: Sandra Parsons
Actress: Cicely Whitehead
Producer: Ben Devlin
Sound Design: Jarek Zaba
Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini
Executive Producer: Bella Soames

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How will Unity Mitford reconcile her love for England with her besotted loyalty to Adolf Hitler and fascism? As war looms, she sits next to The Führer at official dinners and is privy to German state secrets – but is Hitler using her to spread false information? Listen to find out!

Sandra Parsons, Literary Editor of the Daily Mail, explores world-exclusive extracts from Unity Mitford’s personal diary - revealing Hitler’s state of mind in the run-up to war, and his extraordinary relationship with a frivolous British socialite.

In this episode, Unity appears to have a premonition of disaster and prepares for the worst.

Host: Sandra Parsons
Actress: Cicely Whitehead
Producer: Ben Devlin
Sound Design: Jarek Zaba
Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini
Executive Producer: Bella Soames

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A Daily Mail Production. Seriously Popular.
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