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Three Million Episodes

    7. Road to the Past

    Kavita meets some of the last survivors of the 1943 Bengal famine.

    6. Silk Scarves

    How the legacy of the Bengal famine of 1943 lives on in Britain today.

    5. Ghosts

    Three million people died - but why are they not better ed?

    4. The Tapes

    The discovery of cassette tapes throw new light on colonial responsibility.

    3. The F-Word

    Famine grips Bengal but publicly, no-one is calling it a famine.

    Introducing Three Million: The Bengal Famine, WWII's Forgotten Story

    The Bengal Famine of 1943 in British India: the forgotten story of World War II.

    2. The Cigarette Tin

    The escalating food crisis forces people to make life and death decisions.

    1. War

    The Bengal famine of 1943 in British India: the forgotten story of World War 2