This week, we’re discussing A Small Light (2023) It tells the story of Miep Gies, the woman who helped hide Anne Frank and her family in the Secret Annex in Amsterdam for more than two years during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.

In this first of three episodes, we cover the first three of the series’ eight episodes. We look at how the series opens, and how it compares with what Miep herself wrote in her memoir about that morning, including the weather, the coat and the checkpoint. We also talk about what the series invents or changes, from her best friend Tess to her adoptive brother Cas, and why those choices work on screen.