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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Maryam Zakir-Hussain

Bomb disposal film screening postponed after real WWII bomb found

A film about bomb disposal crews working during the Blitz has been delayed, after a real World War Two bomb was discovered at the site of the screening in Coventry.

It Takes a City is a film of a play that was staged in the ruins of Coventry Cathedral in 2025, and was due to be screened on Tuesday night by the theatre group Talking Birds at the Daimler Powerhouse arts complex.

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