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Charles Wheeler continues his personal interpretations of what the end of the Second World War meant to people in Britain and across the world.

The pain of loss in the aftermath of the war. The possessions, places, countries, dreams and most of all people - never to return.

The third episode - ‘Missing’ - is a threnody for the destroyed and the dead.

Personal testimony and archive evoke a powerful sense of loss, pain and occasional redemption. Building from one widow's loss, still grieving for her missing airmen after all these years, Charles Wheeler takes the listener on a journey through the destruction of entire communities, the swallowing of nations and the crushing of hope.

Presented by Charles Wheeler.

Producer: Mark Burman

Originally broadcast on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of VE Day in May 2005.