This Is Your Life
Sir Nicholas Winton MBE
Season 43, Episode 14 · Aired 2003-05-01
Synopsis
Nicholas organised the rescue and safe passage to Britain of 669 mostly Jewish children from German-occupied Czechoslovakia on the eve of the Second World War, in an operation later known as the Czech Kindertransport. Michael surprised Nicholas at Winton House - an Abbeyfield care home for the elderly in Windsor.
In the series
This episode is part of This Is Your Life (1952–1961) on NBC.
Ralph Edwards ambushes a guest with their entire biography — tissues mandatory.
Key cast
- Ralph Edwards as Host