THE CLYDEBANK bombings will be featuring in a new drama/documentary series tomorrow night.

Episode four of Gaisgich Oga an Darna Cogaidh (Kids of Courage) is due to be aired on Tuesday, October 15 on BBC ALBA at 8.30pm.

The show revisits the fateful dates of March 13 and 14 in 1941 when the Germans dropped thousands of bombs on Clydebank.

The entire town was destroyed, and only seven houses were left standing after the heavy aerial bombardment.

The programme reveals that children often helped during the bombing raids, taking messages on their bikes to rescue teams to tell them what roads are closed and which houses had been bombed.

Their brave efforts saved hundreds of lives by getting survivors out of their houses quickly.

Gaisgich Òga an Darna Cogaidh was a multi-partner co-production series led by LOOKS Films in Germany with BBC ALBA partnering to offer one of the eight stories from Scotland.

The series looks at the experiences of children and young people during WW2 using diaries and letters to bring their world to life through drama, archive and model reconstructions.

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Margaret Cameron, Channel Editor BBC ALBA said: “We discussed the Clydebank bombing with LOOKS Films and they immediately saw the importance of that story for Scotland and beyond and that it would make a credible basis for the Gaelic drama sequences.

“Local talent in the shape of Callum Hoy and Ruairidh travelled to Germany for filming together with the hugely experienced Gaelic actors Kathleen MacInnes and David Walker.

“We wanted to commemorate the Clydebank Blitz which left only seven properties undamaged and in which thousands were killed or injured, a devastating event designed to break the morale of the civilian population.

“The absence of their fathers is the most formative thing that war children collectively remember from that time, and the latent fear of the bombers and this episode is dedicated to these two topics.

“Emergency air raid drills were everyday events: heavy curtains were used to darken rooms at home; at school, the children practised using gas masks; families moved into cellars during air raids.

“But the children and young people were not just victims. They actively helped, for example, as fire guard messengers and brought messages to and from the rescue workers or helped to dig out injured people from the rubble themselves.”