In the summer of 1971, tensions over the brutal conditions at Attica prison in New York led to one of the bloodiest prison rebellions in American history. The truth is indeed out there.Īttica: America’s Bloodiest Prison Uprising: Storyville This first episode is about the 2017 discovery of a top-secret Pentagon programme dedicated to investigating reports of UFOs, as well as the leak of footage from pilots encountering strange aircraft. But this five-part series – featuring interviews with intelligence agents, Navy pilots and US senators – is serious business. The goal is to create a garden that provides a haven to all creatures great and small, while also giving the family their own space to unwind in the summer.ĭocumentaries about UFOs tend to be trashy affairs. Meanwhile, Ruth Goodman serves up the history of school dinners (jam roly poly, slices of spam, and all).Īlan Titchmarsh, Frances Tophill and the team travel to Leeds this week to help transform the garden of hedgehog lovers Penny and Carl. Rice pudding is the dish of the day, as a delighted Gregg Wallace visits the Ambrosia factory in Devon, where he learns that they produce 23 million cans each year. “Sorry I’m late,” says Miep, arriving at the office, “the checkpoint was crazy!” SK When it does happen, A Small Light makes a point of highlighting how ordinary even the most extraordinary situations can become. All the while, people make small talk about whether Hitler will invade the Netherlands. This week’s two-episode premiere follows her as she becomes a secretary for Otto Frank (Liev Schreiber), before meeting her husband Jan (Joe Cole).
This is thanks to the fantastic lead performance of Bel Powley (best known for Everything I Know About Love), whose Miep is as charming and charismatic as she is sincere and relatable.
This remarkable new drama seeks to illuminate another important figure in the tale: Miep Gies, the woman who risked her life for two years to hide the Frank family and their friends in an attic.Ī Small Light is produced by National Geographic, although it is nowhere near as stuffy as that sounds. There are few among us who do not know the story of Anne Frank, the teenage girl whose diary chronicling her time hiding from the Nazis during the Second World War became a global bestseller and an enduringly important historical document.
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