My Grandparents' War: Mark Rylance
Season 1 Episode 2 of 4
Actor and peace campaigner Mark Rylance finds out what happened to his grandfather Osmond Skinner during the Second World War, a man who spent almost four years as a Japanese prisoner of war. Mark uncovers how his grandfather bravely joined the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Force with no military training, before being shot on Christmas Day and taken as a prisoner of war. Throughout the programme, Rylance find his views on war tested as he uncovers the real and shocking truth about his grandfather's wartime experience
My Grandparents' War: Mark Rylance airs on PBS America at 7:20 PM, Tuesday 14 January. (Subtitles.)
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Tom Anstiss
Executive Producer
Paul Hamann
Executive Producer
Leo Burley
Series Producer