V for Victory!

Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the end of hostilities in Europe

- REBECCA FLETCHER, IAN MACEWAN

NEW FACTUAL

VE Day in Colour: Britain’s Biggest Party

Sunday, C4 HD, 8pm

This week marks 75 years since Britain was united in celebration as VE Day – or Victory in Europe Day – marked the end of World War Two on the continent.

But what was it like to emerge from the terrible hardships of six years of war? Using colour archive film, eye-witness accounts and recordings of radio broadcasts, C4’s VE Day in Colour: Britain’s Biggest Party brings to life the celebrations up and down the land.

Here are a few of the memories of that momentous day…

LONDON COMES ALIVE