The Second World War epic promises to be the new Sunday night obsession when it starts tonight. (Image: BBC)Bean’s character Douglas Bennett is a shell-shocked First World War veteran-turned-pacifist who watches his son and daughter both go to war. At one point Lois sings for the troops in a jazz duo called The Victory Vs with her best friend Connie Knight. Peter, who wrote BBC ­family drama ­series The A Word, said it was important to tell a diverse story about the war. “If she could have watched this now it would have been ­amazing because she would have sung all these songs herself.

Source: Daily Mirror September 28, 2019 19:51 UTC