Ian Hislop’s Fake News: A True History

1: 1900: Age of Hope | People's Century

At the beginning of the twentieth century the world was stable and certain, but unequal. The Paris Exhibition of 1900 symbolises the ...

1: Leaders | Icons

Trevor examines the lives of Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Margaret Thatcher and Nelson Mandela. He discovers exactly what made each of th...

13: Tough Old Gut | The World at War

Churchill described Italy as the 'soft underbelly of the crocodile', thinking the Allies could cut through it to reach Germany. However,...

17: 1959: Endangered Planet | People's Century

Rising consumption patterns extract a huge toll on nature. Toxic contamination in Minamata and Love Canal and the Torrey Canyo...

2: Churchill | Secrets of Leadership

Andrew Roberts reveals many of Churchill's weaknesses as a subordinate in charge of the Royal Navy, and the great strengths they became ...

2: Distant War | The World at War

An uneasy calm settles on Britain as Churchill replaces Chamberlain as prime minister.

20th Century Wrap: 3: 1930s: What Depression? | History File

This programme covers the 30's and the extent of the depression. Contemporay film-makers recorded a vivid pictu...

21: 1968: New Release | People's Century

The baby boom produced a cohort of children in the affluent and secure post-war world who for the first time would question establis...

26: 1997: Fast Forward | People's Century

Governments around the world liberalise trade and withdraw from intervening in the economy, giving new opportunities to those who a...

3: Flood at Winchester | Cathedral

Documentary drama series that reconstructs events that shaped the building of Britain's cathedrals.Winchester Cathedral faced destruction ...

4: Guns and Government | Endgame in Ireland

In February 1991, Prime Minister John Major survived an IRA mortar attack. But this wasn't the only message he received from the ...

4: Revolution | Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain

Andrew Marr revisits the Britain of Margaret Thatcher and comes to some surprising conclusions about the British nati...

5: New Britannia | Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain

In the final part of Andrew Marr's national saga, Britain enters the post-Thatcher era. Many have done well during...

5: Work and Technology | World 2000

Explores job creation, road congestion and housing in Cambridge.

6: The South: Dreams of Tomorrow | How We Built Britain

David Dimbleby's journey through Britain's architecture concludes with a look at how 20th-century developments change...

7: 1982 Falklands | Peter and Dan Snow: 20th Century Battlefields

Peter and Dan Snow tell the story of how the British fought back to regain control of the Falkland Islands ...

7: Age of Ambition | Seven Ages of Britain

David Dimbleby looks at how the 20th century saw Britons upturn ancient power structures and class hierarchies.

8: 1991 Gulf | Peter and Dan Snow: 20th Century Battlefields

Peter and Dan Snow tell the story of Operation Desert Storm, revealing how the battle was dominated by cutting-e...

9: Churchill | Great Britons (2002)

In the final documentary of the series, MP Mo Mowlam argues for Winston Churchill as the greatest Briton, portraying him as an inspiratio...

Churchill and the Fascist Plot

The cloak-and-dagger story of how Churchill and MI5 hunted down Britain's fascist sympathisers, who threatened to undermine the war effort.