Rich Times, Poor Times: The Blitz with Rob Rinder & Ruth Goodman
9:00 pm - 10:30 pm, Wednesday, April 8 on 5SELECT (46)
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The Blitz with Rob Rinder & Ruth Goodman
Rob and Ruth head back to wartime London to uncover how the Blitz was experienced by those from different backgrounds. Rob follows the glamorous lives of the rich, and Ruth uncovers the true story of a young dockworker in Wapping, who formed a brave group of teenage volunteers. They risked everything, fighting fires and saving lives as the bombs rained down around them in London's East End
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Rob Rinder
(Presenter)
Ruth Goodman
(Presenter)
Lauren Bennie
(Series producer)
Sarah Sarkhel
(Executive producer)
Stuart Elliott
(Director)
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Did You Know..
Rob Rinder
(Presenter)
Ruth Goodman
(Presenter)
Best Known For:
Victorian Farm.
Early-life:
Ruth was born in 1963. She made her TV debut in Tales from the Green Valley, which saw her spending a year reconstructing and maintaining a 17th-century farm with archaeologists Peter Ginn and Alex Langlands.
Career:
In 2009, Goodman was part of a team that recreated everyday life on a small farm in Shropshire in the mid-19th century in popular BBC series Victorian Farm. Her other TV projects on similar lines include Edwardian Farm, Tudor Monastery Farm and Wartime Farm. She has also presented Coast and 24 Hours in the Past. Away from her TV work, Goodman works with a range of institutions and museums such as The Weald and Downland, The Globe Theatre, and the National Trust.
Quote:
'We matter. How our ancestors - ordinary men, women and children - solved the nitty gritty problems of everyday life made the world what it is today.'
Trivia:
In 2012, Goodman was awarded an Honorary Degree from Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln.
Lauren Bennie
(Series producer)
Sarah Sarkhel
(Executive producer)
Stuart Elliott
(Director)
