Antiques Roadshow: VJ Day Special

BBC One Channel Islands

8:15 PM to 9:15 PM

Sunday 10 August

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Special episode marking the 80th anniversary of VJ Day at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, featuring contributions from two 100-year-old war veterans and a survivor of the bombing of Hiroshima. Items valued include several objects made by prisoners of war, such as a food bowl carved out of a coconut, a fly swat made from old boot leather and an intricate chess set crafted by a soldier who was forced to work on the notorious Death Railway between Burma and Thailand