Balloon | Ballon (2018)

Balloon | Ballon (2018)

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Four | 2020 | 1'56'41''

The Strelzyk family attempt to escape from East Germany to the west in a homemade hot air balloon. In German with English subtitles.

Postwar: E14: United Nations | Politically

Postwar: E14: United Nations | Politically

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Radio 16 | 2025 | 13'42''

Both main parties supported the United Nations, but they disagreed about what that meant.

Postwar: E13: From Yalta to Potsdam | Politically

Postwar: E13: From Yalta to Potsdam | Politically

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Radio 15 | 2025 | 13'43''

Between the Yalta and Potsdam conferences, everything changed.

Cumbria’s Atomic Pioneers | A History of the World

Cumbria’s Atomic Pioneers | A History of the World

Conflict and Warfare | BBC One | 2010 | 29'07''

Stuart Maconie goes in search of Britain's atomic past, discovering the world's first nuclear power station, tucked ...

Living Between Enemy Lines

Living Between Enemy Lines

Cold War conflicts | BBC News | 2024 | 26'02''

A rare insight into a village which sits within Korea's Demilitarised Zone.

Ceausescu: Behind the Myth

Ceausescu: Behind the Myth

Cold War conflicts | BBC One | 1991 | 59'43''

Edward Behr presents a personal profile on the rise and fall from power of the Romanian President, Nicolae Ceausescu.

3: Geneva 1985 | Summits

3: Geneva 1985 | Summits

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Four | 2008 | 59'13''

David Reynolds uncovers the story of three summit meetings that shaped the modern world. He sees how Reagan and Gorbachev helped ensure a peaceful e...

2: Vienna 1961 | Summits

2: Vienna 1961 | Summits

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Four | 2008 | 59'13''

David Reynolds uncovers the story of three summit meetings that shaped the modern world. How Kennedy and Khrushchev's meeting in Vienna in 1961 near...

Episode 4 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

Episode 4 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

Cold War conflicts | BBC Alba | 2018 | 46'17''

To Americans the 1950s are the golden years. Having recovered from World War II, the life of the nation was on the up. The n...

Vietnam War | Panorama

Vietnam War | Panorama

Cold War conflicts | BBC One | 1967 | 49'58''

Panorama looks at the Vietnam War. Includes an investigation into the attitudes of US citizens to the war and coverage of Sennator Robert Kennedy's sp...

Vietnam: Journal of a War | Panorama

Vietnam: Journal of a War | Panorama

Cold War conflicts | BBC One | 1966 | 51'06''

Panorama reports on the Vietnam War.

Cuba Missile Crisis Ends | Panorama

Cuba Missile Crisis Ends | Panorama

Conflict and Warfare | BBC | 1962 | 55'59''

The news and current-affairs programme looks at the implications of the end of the Cuban missile crisis. Hosted by Richard Dimbleby, stud...

Meeting Fidel Castro | Panorama

Meeting Fidel Castro | Panorama

Cold War conflicts | BBC | 1961 | 16'39''

Fidel Castro leads a group of journalists on a tour of Cuba. Among the scenes are reminders of the recent failed Bay of Pigs invasion. Robin ...

Cuba: Anti-Castro Rebels | Panorama

Cuba: Anti-Castro Rebels | Panorama

Cold War conflicts | BBC | 1961 | 22'47''

Cuban exiles share their reasons for fleeing their homeland. In Washington, Robin Day questions two members of the Senate Foreign Relatio...

Challenge of the Sixties | Panorama

Challenge of the Sixties | Panorama

Conflict and Warfare | BBC | 1960 | 44'25''

Panorama reports from India, Africa, America and Russia to highlight the problems and challenges that the next ten years will bring. The ...

Cuban revolution | Panorama

Cuban revolution | Panorama

Cold War conflicts | BBC | 1959 | 20'30''

Including a report on Fidel Castro's Cuban revolution.

Baghdad | Panorama

Baghdad | Panorama

Conflict and Warfare | BBC | 1956 | 21'46''

Including a report by Adrian Crawley from Baghdad, Edward Ward speaking from the Hungarian Frontier, an interview by Christopher Chataway of an Australian...

Hungarian revolution | Panorama

Hungarian revolution | Panorama

Conflict and Warfare | BBC | 1956 | 26'31''

Including a report from Hungary filmed in October, narrated by Hungarian writer George Mikes. The film shows a population joyful of a seeming...

The Secret Life of the Berlin Wall

The Secret Life of the Berlin Wall

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2009 | 1'29'33''

Documentary exploring the story of the Berlin Wall, uncovering a world of flawed heroes and heroic villains, compromised victories and sad...

Beyond Utopia: Escape from North Korea

Beyond Utopia: Escape from North Korea

Cold War conflicts | BBC Four | 2024 | 1'44'23''

A documentary that takes a suspenseful, immersive look at the lengths to which people will go to gain freedom, following various indiv...

Moscow 1980: The Cold War Olympics

Moscow 1980: The Cold War Olympics

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Four | 2008 | 29'22''

Steve Cram recalls how the Moscow Olympics of 1980 came to symbolise the intensity of the Cold War. As politics and sport collided head on...

5: 1968 Vietnam | Peter and Dan Snow: 20th Century Battlefields

5: 1968 Vietnam | Peter and Dan Snow: 20th Century Battlefields

Cold War conflicts | BBC Two | 2007 | 58'47''

Peter and Dan Snow reveal the techniques use by US marines to flush out Communist fighters who lived in a net...

4: 1951 Korea | Peter and Dan Snow: 20th Century Battlefields

4: 1951 Korea | Peter and Dan Snow: 20th Century Battlefields

Cold War conflicts | BBC Two | 2007 | 58'38''

Peter and Dan Snow, at the border between North and South Korea, tell of two key moments in the years of fighti...

1: Lyndon Johnson’s War | Wheeler on America

1: Lyndon Johnson’s War | Wheeler on America

Cold War conflicts | BBC Four | 1996 | 53'40''

A look back at the classic series Wheeler on America from 1996. Charles Wheeler traces changes in US society since the lib...

12: Mr Kennedy and Mr Khruschev | Twentieth Century History

12: Mr Kennedy and Mr Khruschev | Twentieth Century History

Cold War conflicts | BBC One | 1978 | 20'03''

The contest between the United States and the Soviet Union between 1961 and 1963 leading to the Cuban Missile Cri...

11: The Cold War Confrontation | Twentieth Century History

11: The Cold War Confrontation | Twentieth Century History

Cold War conflicts | BBC One | 1978 | 19'48''

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

10: The Weight of Memory (March 1973-Onward) | The Vietnam War

10: The Weight of Memory (March 1973-Onward) | The Vietnam War

Cold War conflicts | BBC Four | 2017 | 55'51''

While Watergate forces Nixon to resign, the Vietnamese continue to savage one another.

9: Fratricide (May 1970-March 1973) | The Vietnam War

9: Fratricide (May 1970-March 1973) | The Vietnam War

Cold War conflicts | BBC Four | 2017 | 54'36''

Massive US airpower makes the difference in halting an unprecedented North Vietnamese offensive.

8: A Sea of Fire (April 1969-May 1970) | The Vietnam War

8: A Sea of Fire (April 1969-May 1970) | The Vietnam War

Cold War conflicts | BBC Four | 2017 | 54'15''

With morale plummeting in Vietnam, President Nixon begins withdrawing American troops. As news breaks of an unthinka...

7: Chasing Ghosts (June 1968-May 1969) | The Vietnam War

7: Chasing Ghosts (June 1968-May 1969) | The Vietnam War

Cold War conflicts | BBC Four | 2017 | 53'49''

Public support for the war declines, and American men of draft age face difficult decisions.

6: Things Fall Apart (January 1968-June 1968) | The Vietnam War

6: Things Fall Apart (January 1968-June 1968) | The Vietnam War

Cold War conflicts | BBC Four | 2017 | 50'54''

North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces launch surprise attacks on cities and military bases.

5: This is What We Do (July 1967-December 1967) | The Vietnam War

5: This is What We Do (July 1967-December 1967) | The Vietnam War

Cold War conflicts | BBC Four | 2017 | 53'07''

American casualties and enemy body counts mount as marines face deadly North Vietnamese ambushes.

4: Doubt (January 1966-June 1967) | The Vietnam War

4: Doubt (January 1966-June 1967) | The Vietnam War

Cold War conflicts | BBC Four | 2017 | 57'43''

Defying American airpower, North Vietnamese troops stream down the Ho Chi Minh Trail into the south.

3: Hell Come to Earth (January 1964-December 1965) | The Vietnam War

3: Hell Come to Earth (January 1964-December 1965) | The Vietnam War

Cold War conflicts | BBC Four | 2017 | 55'56''

With South Vietnam in chaos, Hanoi hardliners seize the initiative and send combat troops.

2: Riding the Tiger (1961-1963) | The Vietnam War

2: Riding the Tiger (1961-1963) | The Vietnam War

Cold War conflicts | BBC Four | 2017 | 51'19''

President Kennedy and his advisers wrestle with how deeply to get involved in South Vietnam. As the increasingly autocratic...

1: Deja Vu (1858-1961) | The Vietnam War

1: Deja Vu (1858-1961) | The Vietnam War

Cold War conflicts | BBC Four | 2017 | 55'05''

Revolutionaries led by Ho Chi Minh end French colonial occupation. Vietnam is divided in two at Geneva.

S4E3: The Reckoning | Rise of the Nazis

S4E3: The Reckoning | Rise of the Nazis

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2023 | 57'39''

As the Cold War escalates, most Nazi hunting is abandoned. Suddenly, Nazis are able to return to normal life or find refuge overseas....

S4E2: The Ratline | Rise of the Nazis

S4E2: The Ratline | Rise of the Nazis

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2023 | 59'00''

As the Cold War escalates, most Nazi hunting is abandoned. Suddenly, Nazis are able to return to normal life or find refuge overseas. T...

S1E9: Chernobyl | Days That Shook the World

S1E9: Chernobyl | Days That Shook the World

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2003 | 30'35''

Two days highlight the benefits and terrors of atomic power: Chernobyl's nuclear meltdown on April 26, 1986.

S1E9: First Nuclear Reaction | Days That Shook the World

S1E9: First Nuclear Reaction | Days That Shook the World

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2003 | 28'35''

Two days highlight the benefits and terrors of atomic power: the first controlled nuclear chain reaction on December...

S1E5: The Fall of the Berlin Wall | Days That Shook the World

S1E5: The Fall of the Berlin Wall | Days That Shook the World

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2003 | 29'41''

Exploring the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 from the perspective of a Checkpoint Charlie Stasi guard commander.

S2E6: Yuri Gagarin’s Flight | Days That Shook the World

S2E6: Yuri Gagarin’s Flight | Days That Shook the World

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2004 | 30'08''

Yuri Gagarin's journey as the first man in space.

S2E9: Cold War Spies: 1960 U-2 incident | Days That Shook the World

S2E9: Cold War Spies: 1960 U-2 incident | Days That Shook the World

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2004 | 30'13''

This program focuses on the shooting down of the US U-2 spy plane in 1960.

S2E9: Spy swap of Abel, Pryor and Powers | Days That Shook the World

S2E9: Spy swap of Abel, Pryor and Powers | Days That Shook the World

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2004 | 28'54''

This program focuses on the exchange of pilot Gary Powers and Soviet spy Colonel Abel in 1962.

S3E1: The Execution of the Rosenbergs | Days That Shook the World

S3E1: The Execution of the Rosenbergs | Days That Shook the World

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2005 | 29'32''

This program covers the execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg for espionage in 1953.

S3E1: The Cost of Betrayal: The Defection of Burgess & MacLean | Days That Shook the World

S3E1: The Cost of Betrayal: The Defection of Burgess & MacLean | Days That Shook the World

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC Two | 2005 | 29'30''

Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess's escape to Moscow in 1951.

8: Age of Extremes | Andrew Marr’s History of the World

8: Age of Extremes | Andrew Marr’s History of the World

Cold War conflicts | BBC One | 2012 | 59'09''

In this episode, Andrew Marr brings the story right up to date with the twentieth century.

5: Evil Empire 1980’s | History File

5: Evil Empire 1980’s | History File

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2000 | 23'35''

Compilation of secondary schools programme about the Cold War, featuring Berlin Crisis, Hungarian Uprising, rise of Soviet leader ...