Episode 1 | 1940s House

S1E2: Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand | Days That Shook the World

How the duke's death led to the start of the First World War.

The Somme: From Defeat to Victory

Drama-documentary which offers a new perspective on the most infamous battle of World War I, revealing how it was on the Somme that the Bri...

They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)

Transforming archive footage more than a century old, Peter Jackson brings to life the people who can best tell the story of World War I: the ...

S1E4: Hiroshima | Days That Shook the World

Documentary recalling 6 August 1945, when the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, with testimony from American colonel Paul Tibbe...

1: Advance Britannia | Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain

Andrew Marr revisits Britain in 1945 and finds the country victorious but nearly bankrupt, beginning a battle ...

5: Shot at Dawn | Not Forgotten

In this special edition of Not Forgotten, Ian Hislop uncovers the powerful stories of First World War soldiers from across the British Empire...

Dunkirk (2017)

Hundreds of thousands of British and Allied troops find themselves in an impossible situation. Christopher Nolan's epic wartime action thriller.

5: Making Peace | History File

The Treaty of Versailles has been widely criticised and many believe the Second World War was due to its failure. In this section we explore w...

Indian soldiers in Marseille | The World's War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire

David Olusoga discusses the experiences of the Indian soldiers arriving in Marseille at the begi...

10: Cuba: 1959-1962 | Cold War

Fidel Castro comes to power following the Cuban Revolution. Cuba aligns itself with the Soviet Union and the government starts nationalising A...

11: The Cold War Confrontation | Twentieth Century History

The Berlin blockade of 1948-49 and the Korean War 1950-53.

4: Living and Dying | History File

The Great War was the first 'world' war, there were soldiers from Africa, Australia and India as well as Europe. In this section we look a...

4: Slaughter | 1914-1918

Documentary series telling the history of the Great War, in which nine million people perished. The battles of Verdun, the Somme and Passchendaele w...

7: Soldiers of Empire | Not Forgotten

In this special edition of Not Forgotten, Ian Hislop uncovers the overlooked stories of soldiers from across the British Empire who fou...

8: Their Finest Hour | Battlefield Britain

Peter and Dan Snow take an in-depth look at the battles that shaped our nation. The Battle of Britain was the pivotal air battle o...

German youth | The Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler

Hitler targeted the German youth, he wanted to indoctrinate them with Nazi ideology as early as possible.

S1E4 | A House Through Time

The story of those who lived in one house, from the time it was built until now. David Olusoga traces the history of the house in Liverpool from ...

The Wipers Times (2013)

World War I drama based on a true story. An army captain discovers a printing press in the ruins of Ypres, Belgium, in 1916, and decides to publish a...

16: Détente: 1969-1975

Nixon builds closer relations with China and the USSR, hoping to leverage an honourable US exit from Indochina. The Soviet Union is fearful of a US-C...

2: The War Machine | Britain's Great War

With the country unprepared for war, the whole population is enlisted to turn Britain into a war machine.