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Preview: Season 2 Episode 1 | 32s | Video has closed captioning.
Actor Kit Harington, who has played soldiers, spies, and – in "Game of Thrones" – warriors, discovers that his grandparents played comparable roles in their real lives during WWII. Speaking with family members and historians, he gains a new appreciation of the courage and sacrifice all four grandparents shared as they fought for their country and for a cause.
Aired: 04/11/23
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-I'm Kit Harington.
Across the globe, all four of my grandparents put their lives on the line during World War II.
From love and romance...
It was during the bombing of the hospital that they fell in love.
-I owe my life to that bloody war.
-To the secret world of spying.
You can categorically say that my grandfather was a spy?
-Absolutely he is.
'Tis one of the most important spying operations of 1940-- -We can stop there, that's fine.
[laughs]
