Duration: 59'05''
They must pull together to survive and do their bit for the war effort.
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S02E01: Edwardian | Turn Back Time
Three families experience life across five different eras of British history. The Taylors, Meadows and Goldings try to live as Edwardian f...
S02E02: Interwar Years | Turn Back Time
They experience the highs of the "roaring twenties", followed by the lows of the Great Depression.
S02E04: 1960 | Turn Back Time
The street is introduced to a new family, and the Taylors leave the high life behind.
S02E05: 1970 | Turn Back Time
Daily life is turned upside down by strikes, power cuts and women's liberation.
01: Retreat | Dunkirk (2004)
The Allies are in retreat, but the Navy can only pick up a few soldiers and Churchill is advised to make peace to save the rest.
03: Occupation | Landmarks
Documentary abt the story of Hans Verhoven, who was just eight when the German forces occupied Holland. He recalls the days of hunger and cold; da...
04: Victory...for Some | Landmarks
Roger Finn explains reasons for rationing, Pat Fawcett talks about her fathers death during the war and Hannah Newman recalls her experien...
05: Defeat...for Others | Landmarks
In 1939 Berlin was an exciting place to live for the young Dietmar Haack, but his secure and privileged home was turned upside down with ...
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 ...
10: 1939: Total War | People's Century
The Second World War enmeshes civilians to the horrors of war on an unprecedented scale.
10: Wolf Pack | The World at War
German U-boats cause havoc among Allied merchant shipping in the Atlantic.
11: Red Star | The World at War
Following Operation Barbarossa in 1941, the Soviet Army battles the Germans almost alone for two years - with a loss of over 20 million lives.
12: Whirlwind | The World at War
While Bomber Command are unable to hit their targets precisely and begin bombing German cities under cover of darkness, the Americans reinfo...
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,...
14: 1945: Fallout | People's Century
Nuclear weapons make the world more dangerous than ever before. The destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 by atom bombs is haile...
14: It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow | The World at War
As Allied troops prepare to defend Burma, they are confronted in dreadful monsoon conditions by the Japanese, who are well-...
15: Home Fires | The World at War
After their defeat in the Battle of Britain, the Luftwaffe changes the direction of bombing raids from London to the provincial cities.
16: Inside the Reich | The World at War
In the summer of 1940, the German forces are the conquerors of western Europe. At home the feeling is that the war is over as German ...
17: Morning | The World at War
The story of the 1944 D-Day invasion, in which British, American and Canadian forces launched the largest ever amphibian invasion on the beach...
18: Occupation | The World at War
In 1940, the Germans strike against Holland, a country which has a strong indigenous Nazi movement but also liberal traditions and a courag...
19: Pincers | The World at War
With the liberation of Paris in August 1944 the war seems to be over. However, as the Germans retreat, Poland suffers a tragic episode.
2: 1942 Midway | Peter and Dan Snow: 20th Century Battlefields
The Snows fly to the middle of the Pacific Ocean to revisit the battle of Midway.
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.
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