Prog 1. On The Home Front
World War Two was the first time that civilians found themselves on the front line as German bombs rained down on Britain's towns and cities and a Nazi invasion became a real threat. Everyone was expected to do their bit. In this programme, Simon Weston introduces men and women who found themselves on the 'Home Front'. We meet those who served in the Land Army, the Home Guard, as a nurse; or in the case of one 16 year old barely into his long trousers as a sound effects boy on the nation's favourite radio comedy show ITMA

Prog 2. Mariners Tales
Perhaps the most important role of the Royal and the Merchant Navies during World War Two was to ensure that much needed supplies reached our shores. In this programme, Simon Weston introduces some of those from Wales who served with the Senior Service. We meet Alan Higgins who at the beginning of the war was protecting convoys and by the end of it was serving on a landing craft for the D Day invasions. Edwin Bradshaw served on HMS Illustrious and witnessed Britain's first major victory of the war at Taranto. We meet Jean Urquhart who joined the Wrens in and found herself posted to Ceylon, while Ron Robertson who was serving on Submarines in the Pacific, found love while on leave in Sydney.

Prog 3. Fly Boys… And Girls
Aeroplanes appeared in combat for the first time in World War One, but by the time the Second World War arrived, they had come into their own. In this programme, Simon Weston introduces men and women from Wales who did their bit. We meet Hilda Dodd who helped to build Wellington Bombers at Broughton and Barbara Thomas who was one of only two female flight engineers serving with the Air Transport Auxiliary. Barbara met her husband Tommy after delivering a Lancaster to his airfield. We also meet Douglas Benham a Spitfire pilot and Trevor Rossiter who served on Sunderlands based at Pembroke Dock. And finally we meet Air Marshall Sir Ivor Broom whose career took a dramatic turn after he was '"Shanghai'd" in Malta in 1941.

Prog 4. Prisoners of War
Simon Weston pays tribute to those who became prisoners of war in one way or another. Cyril Morris tells of his time as a prisoner of the Italians during World War Two, while Emrys Evans talks about his time in and out of Stalag Luft 3. And of course we in Wales had a welcome for our German POWs too. Wyn Trepte was just 17 when he was captured by Royal Welsh Fusiliers in Normandy and he recalls what mischief he got up to in his POW camp. Finally we meet photographer Aled Jenkins, who on an assignment for the Red Cross, found himself under sentence of death in an Iranian prison.

Prog 5. The Fall of the British Empire
The latter half of the 20th century saw the gradual dismantling of the British Empire as nations struggled to gain independence from British rule. By the late 1940s, there were uprisings in the Middle East, Africa and India. In this programme, Simon Weston introduces those who served in some of these trouble spots. Grafton Maggs, a young officer in the Paras and Ron Bourne, a recruit in the Palestine Police found themselves at the sharp end of action by Jewish freedom fighters. In Egypt, Arthur Baldwyn and his family were besieged by chanting students in an old cinema in Ismalia. Ten years later Professor Bernard Knight, then a young Lieutenant in the RAMC and Gareth Owen of the South Wales Borderers found themselves deep in the jungle of Malaya fighting communist insurgents; while Mike O'Rourke discovered that the stifling heat of Aden was a more formidable enemy than the local terrorists.

Prog 6. Britain's Small Wars
As the 20th century drew to a close, so the role of Britain's armed forces changed. They now took on the role of peacekeepers for the United Nations and once again Welsh servicemen and women were there to do their bit. But it wasn't just going to be peacekeeping as a dictator ordered his armed forces to invade a piece of British sovereign territory. Simon Weston a veteran of that particular campaign introduces his brothers and sister in arms as they tell their own personal War Stories from Korea, Bosnia, Kosovo and the Falkland Islands for this last programme in the series.