What is Children of the Blitz?

Children of the Blitz is a new one-off BBC Two documentary interviewing the last survivors of the Blitz.

When is Children of the Blitz on TV?

Children of the Blitz will air on BBC Two at 9pm on Monday 11 May 2026.

What is Children of the Blitz about?

During the Second World War, nearly 42,000 British civilians were killed in aerial bombings by Germany. While approximately 1.5 million city-resident children were evacuated to the countryside to try to protect them from the bombings, other families couldn’t bear to send their children away, so they lived through the Blitz.

Children of the Blitz features exclusive interviews with the last child survivors of the Blitz, now nonagenarians and centenarians, including those who were orphaned in the Blitz. The film will explore how ‘Blitz Spirit’ is still held up as a defining characteristic of Britishness today, and the impact of the air raids on the survivors.