This country is at war with Germany.

We shall go on to the end.

I remember the sheets of flame which came up and almost blinded us from our guns.

Before he became a familiar face on the big screen appearing in over 70 films like Bridge on the River Kwai, Cockleshell Heroes and the Guns of Navar Run, actor Percy Herbert survived one of the most brutal chapters of the Second World War.

Captured by the Japanese during the fall of Singapore in 1942, he endured life as a prisoner of war facing starvation, violence and witnessing experiences

like the Alexandra Hospital Massacre. Those experiences would stay with him and shape

the performances that made his name. His story is told in his autobiography.

Time will pass, Johnny, a remarkable account that traces his journey from the camps

of the Far East to a long and successful acting career.

To talk about her father's life, I'm joined by Katrina Wood.

Katrina, thanks for joining me.

Your father has just a remarkable war, but it's not just a war, even before the war.

He's brought up in the East End of London, which is, you know, iconic in so many words.

But what's his upbringing like before the war?

His upbringing before the war was very rough.

It's interesting because I had two grandmothers from the East End.

My mother and my father's mother, two very different women, actually.

And interestingly enough, they grew up on the same street and lived opposite each other,

which is why my dad knew my mom from the time they were little, little, you know, and they were

childhood sweethearts. I mean, it was really quite a romantic story in a way. And I'll tell you more

later about how, oh gosh, a few things happened after the war. But he came from a broken home. And when he was three years

old, he was put on the judge's lap. And they said, who do you want to go with your mommy or your daddy,

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