BRITAIN’S new national treasure Captain Tom Moore will see his story told in an ITV documentary to be shown on VE Day (Friday, May 8, 2020).
The hero war veteran raised more than £28million for the NHS during the Covid-19 crisis by walking 100 lengths of his garden before his 100th birthday.
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When is Captain Tom’s War on TV?
The 30 minute documentary will air on ITV on VE Day next month, Friday, May 8, 2020, at 8pm.
Captain Tom Moore will tell the story of his part in the Second World War in the new ITV documentary.
The veteran rose to fame during the Covid-19 crisis for raising a whopping £28million for the NHS by walking 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday,.
The documentary will share his memories of the conflict in Burma in the one-off episode.
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What is Captain Tom’s War about?
Captain Tom Moore entered officer training in 1940, aged just 20, going on to serve in India before reaching Burma.
There he was instrumental in an amphibious assault on Arakan, part of recapturing the colony, before pushing on with his troops to the capital, Rangoon.
The documentary will feature Tom’s daughters, Lucy and Hannah, who share family photos from their trip back to Burma.
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ITV’s controller of current affairs Tom Giles explained: “Captain Tom’s War will shed light on a campaign which comparatively goes unmentioned but in which our troops suffered unthinkable hardship and tens of thousands of British soldiers fought and died.
“Hearing this from Captain Tom Moore, who fought in Burma, means we will find out a lot more about the man who has done so much to raise our spirits at this time and the experience he and many others faced during World War Two, on an occasion when we rightly come together to thank them for their sacrifice.”
ITV say the documentary focuses on Tom as he: “looks back on his time during the War in the brutal Burma campaign, as a million Allied troops from 40 nations attempted to repel the invading forces of Imperial Japan from the British colony over almost three years, between 1941 and 1944.”
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