King George VI

Prince Albert Frederick Arthur George (1894-1952), son of George V, and Duke of York, married Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in 1923. In 1926 his daughter Elizabeth, later to become Queen Elizabeth II, was born. A shy man with a nervous stammer, he came to the throne reluctantly on the abdication of his brother Edward VIII in 1936 (crowned 1937). He reigned until his death in 1952. During the London Blitz in 1940, he and his wife endeared themselves to the British public by refusing to leave the capital when Buckingham Palace was bombed.

Link: Profile of George VI
Episode: The White Feather


Kipper

A herring after it has been smoked, or "kippered".

Link: Original Craster Kippers
Episode: Invasion


Kola Peninsula

The Kola Peninsula is in the far northwestern Russian Federation, between the Barents Sea and the White Sea. The port of Murmansk and the mining centre of Kirovsk are the chief cities. In the northeast are tundras; the southwest is forested. To the northwest the low-lying granite plateau adjoins Norway's thinly populated county of Finnmark. The peninsula has rich mineral deposits in the Khibiny mountains.

Link: Kola Peninsula at Wikipedia
Episode: Bad Blood