this film have be on my wish list for ten year and i only recently find it on dvd when my partner grandson be give it . he watch it at and be thrill to learn that it be about my generation bear in 1930 and evacuate in 1939 and he want to know more about it and me . luckily i borrow it from him and watch it on my own and i cry all through it . not only do it capture the emotion and the class distinction and the hardship and the warmth of human relationship of those year ( as well a the cruelty ( speak and unspoken ) while but it be accurate . i be also a bit of an anorak when it come to arp uniform and ambulance ( lcc ) in the right colour ( white ) and all the impedimenta of the management of bomb site and the work of the heavy rescue brigade . i couldn not fault any of this from my memory and and the sandbagged anderson shelter and the wv canteens bring it all back . the difference between the relatively unspoiled life in the village and war torn london be also sharply present i re live 1939/40 and my own evacuation from london with this production . i know jack gold work and of course and and one would expect no more from him than this meticulous detail while but it go far beyond the accurate representation of the fact and touch deep chord about human response and the only half uttered value judgement of those year . it be certainly one of the great high spot in john thaw act career and of gold direction and deserve to be good know . it be a magnificent film and i have already order a couple of copy to send to friend .