Kit Harington Explores His Families’ Pasts in the Season 2 Premiere of My Grandparents’ War
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Christina Zeiders
My Grandparents’ War returns for a second season of compelling stories set during some of the most dramatic moments of World War II. Take a fascinating journey into the past to understand the extraordinary impact of global conflict on the families of four international stars.
In season 2, Kit Harington (Game of Thrones), Keira Knightley (Atonement, Pride and Prejudice), Toby Jones (Captain America) and Emeli Sandé (Next to Me, Our Version of Events) each explore their family’s unique stories. Secrets are revealed as they travel to historic locations to retrace their grandparents’ footsteps during a war that changed their lives forever.
My Grandparents’ War airs on Tuesdays at 9pm starting April 11 through May 2 on WITF TV, or you can stream the show using the PBS or WITF app. Episodes stream for free for four weeks following their television premiere.
The four British stars were mostly unfamiliar with their grandparents’ wartime experiences. Season 2 reveals that the dramatic circumstances of war often ignited romance as couples met, fell in love, and married in record time. Themes of courage, self-sacrifice and resilience emerge, as ordinary people caught up in the chaos of war rose to the challenge and accomplished extraordinary things.
In the premiere episode, Kit Harington, who has been cast as a soldier, spy, and warrior, discovers that his grandparents played comparable roles in their real lives during World War II.
My Grandparents’ War airs on Tuesdays at 9pm starting April 11 through May 2 on WITF TV, or you can stream it for free using the PBS or WITF app for four weeks following each episode’s premiere.
His maternal grandparents, Mick and Pippa, fell in love during a bombing raid in a hospital where she was a nurse and he was a patient. Awarded a military cross for bravery, Captain Catesby never talked about his experiences.
Kit’s paternal grandparents, John and Lavender, were stationed in the Caribbean, where they met and then married a few days later. John served in British Intelligence Services, keeping an eye on the Duke of Windsor, the former king of England and a Nazi sympathizer. Harington learned author Ian Fleming was also serving in Jamaica at the time and speculates that his grandfather might have inspired the character of James Bond.
Watch My Grandparents’ War on WITF TV Tuesdays at 9pm or stream it using the PBS or WITF app. Each episode streams for free for four weeks following its television premiere.
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