History's Secret Heroes: Series 1: Virginia Hall’s Great Escape

History's Heroes

BBC

Documentary, History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 704 Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

How did the American spy Virginia Hall mastermind an astonishing prison break, leading her to become the Gestapo’s most wanted target?

Helena Bonham Carter shines a light on extraordinary stories from World War Two. Join her for incredible tales of deception, acts of resistance and courage.

A BBC Studios Podcast production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds.

Producer: Amie Liebowitz Executive Producer: Paul Smith Written by Alex von Tunzelmann

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0:00.0	Did you know that you can listen to many of your favourite podcasts first on BBC Sounds?
0:06.6	Like Desert Island Discs, where you can hear castaways like Cher, Gareth Southgate and Nick Cave,
0:12.7	and enjoy longer versions of the music they've picked.
0:15.7	Good things come to those who don't wait.
0:18.7	Listen to your favourite podcasts first on BBC Sounds.
0:23.9	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:28.4	You're about to listen to brand new History's Secret Heroes. New episodes will be released weekly,
0:34.7	but if you're in the UK and can't wait, you can hear the full
0:38.3	series right now before anyone else. First on BBC Sounds.
0:48.6	I'm Helena Bonham Carter, and for BBC Radio 4, this is History's Secret Heroes,
0:57.3	a series of rarely heard tales about World War II.
1:02.4	Featuring acts of resistance.
1:04.6	They knew they were going to be caught, and actually that was sort of part of the plan.
1:09.7	Creative deception.
1:11.0	We pretended that we were the real troops
1:13.3	so that the real troops could do their thing,
1:16.0	mouths up the Rhine, because the Germans would think we were them.
1:19.6	And displays of unbelievable courage.
1:22.7	That is a morning that is seared into my memory.
1:26.9	I will never, never be able to forget the terror of that
1:31.0	morning. Episode 1, Virginia Hall's Great Escape. December 1933, the lush wetlands of the Gettys Delta,
1:43.7	where the Gettys River meets the Aegean Sea on Turkey's
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