BBC - My Family at War HD (2008) Part 3 Eamonn Holmes and Kate Silverton

1918 - 2008 Ninety Years of Remembrance. The year 2008 marked the 90th anniversary of the end of the First World War. On 11th November 1918 the Armistice was signed between the Allied and German armies ending a global war that lasted four years and extinguished millions of lives. Every year since then we have taken the opportunity to commemorate those that served, and more particularly gave their lives, both in that “Great” War and in subsequent wars and conflicts. A season of Remembrance. As the nation marks the 90th anniversary of the armistice of the First World War, BBC Learning celebrates and remembers with a season of programming across the BBC's television and radio networks, at local events across the country. 1918 - 2008 Ninety Years of Remembrance aims to personalise the Act of Remembrance and bring World War One in particular vividly alive in the present. On screen, some of the country's best-loved television personalities seek out their personal family wartime experiences in My Family At War, where our eight TV presenters uncover some extraordinary and emotional stories from their own families. Personalities featured include Rolf Harris, Kate Silverton, Eamonn Holmes, Natalie Cassidy, Phil Tufnell, Matthew Kelly, Kirsty Wark and Dan Snow.

Part 3 Eamonn Holmes and Kate Silverton

Presenter Eamonn Holmes and journalist Kate Silverton set off down very different paths to try and discover the truth behind their families' roles in the Great War. Eamonn Holmes discovers how his Irish grandad was treated when he came home, wounded, to an Ireland on the brink of civil war, where the British army was considered the enemy of nationalism. His grandfather, Jack Fitzsimmons, died before Eamonn was born, but his photo had always adorned their mantelpiece. Through filming My Family At War, Eamonn finds out why, as a Catholic Nationalist, his grandfather volunteered to fight in the British Army. He follows Jack's footsteps to Belgium and France to find out exactly where he fought. Kate Silverton, meanwhile, discovers the bitter reality of trench warfare for George, her great grandfather.

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