How a decrypted telegram pushed America into World War One, while prompting the construction of a permanent fenc...
As part of a series looking at stories beyond the trenches of Europe, BBC Azeri's Leyla Najafli explo...
World War One was a truly global war. This series looks at events beyond Europe's Western Front, exploring some of the les...
100 years ago, it was the fearsome German warship that ruled the waters of Lake Tanganyika, tod...
The only battle to be fought in the Far East during WWI had an explosive and lasting impact on Sino-Japanese relat...
This episode tells the forgotten story of starvation and disease that ravaged Mount Lebanon during WWI, ...
Malta saved the lives of thousands of wounded soldiers in World War I. Dr Kevin Fong explores how it ...
Uncovering the real story of the first Allied victory in World War One. Akwasi Sarpong travels to Togo in West Africa.
The 10th Battalion of the East Yorkshire regiment lost over men in just one day during the Battle of Ancre, far more than they had suffered cum...
After a week, the 23 modern-day volunteers are still struggling to adapt, especially with the strict water rationing that faced the 10th Battal...
Fear, fatigue and cold daily life in a First World War trench is relived in this three-part series. Based on diaries kept by the 10th Battalion...
A recreation of a extract from the diary of Cpl David Livingstone taken from the 11th of November 1918, showi...
At the Battle of Amiens, a tank commander and his crew must storm through enemy lines and fight against the odds to bring the war to an end.
A soldier in the Manchester Pals regiment finds himself fighting both the Germans and a system that requires him to execute one of his pals.
Drama revealing real experiences of British soldiers in the First World War. In August 1914, the Royal Fusiliers reach the town of Mons in ...
They experience the highs of the "roaring twenties", followed by the lows of the Great Depression.
Documentary uncovering the extraordinary events leading up to the Armistice negotiations, and the repercussions that would ripple across the continent.
A look at the rapid changes in the nature of warfare during World War I which ended hopes of a swift conclusion and caused a long...
Documentary telling the story of how the 1914 Heart of Midlothian football team became the 'C' Company of the 16th Battalion of The Royal Scots in Wor...
The roles played by cousins Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and King George V of England in the desperate,...
How the tangled relationships and emerging rivalries between Europe's royal houses at the outbreak of the First World War played a...
Jeremy Paxman explores the optimistic national mood at the declaration of war in 1914 after Germany, under Kaise...
In this special edition of Not Forgotten, Ian Hislop uncovers the overlooked stories of soldiers from across the British Empire who fou...
In this special edition of Not Forgotten, Ian Hislop explores the powerful and often overlooked stories of conscientious ...
In this special edition of Not Forgotten, Ian Hislop uncovers the powerful stories of First World War soldiers from across the British Empire...
Documentary series telling the history of the Great War concludes with the post-war peace negotiations and the unfair treatment of the defeated Germans...
Documentary series telling the history of the Great War, in which nine million people perished. This part looks at the poverty and unrest among the G...
Documentary series telling the history of the Great War through the words of those who lived through the conflict. By the start of 1917, the strain of ...
Documentary series telling the history of the Great War, in which nine million people perished. The battles of Verdun, the Somme and Passchendaele w...
Documentary series telling the history of the Great War. With deadlock in the trenches, the great powers searched for other ways to br...
Series telling the history of the Great War. Experts thought technical advances in weaponry would bring about a quick victory, but armies soon resor...
Documentary series telling the history of the Great War, in which nine million people perished. Beginning with the origins of the conflict.
In a documentary to mark the 100-year anniversary of the outbreak of World War I, Sir Max Hastings argues that although the war was a great tragedy, it was...
David Olusoga discusses the experiences of the Chinese labour corp in WW1.
David Olusoga investigates the WW1 experiences of French troops from Sub-Sah...
David Olusoga discusses the Battle of Neuve Chapelle.
David Olusoga discusses the Indian corp experiences of industrialised trench warfare.
David Olusoga discusses the experiences of the Indian soldiers arriving in Marseille at th...
Ben Robinson flies over the Thames to reveal discoveries about WWI, including a network of trenches on the Hoo peninsula...
A summary of the Great War with interviews by veterans.
Phil Parry looks at the case of British soldiers executed for alleged cowardice in the First World War.
Documentary about the campaign to clear the names of First World War deserters.
Documentary about the campaign to pardon the names of First World War deserters.
Documentary telling the story of how half a million children lost their fathers in WW1. Some of the sons and daughters tell of the d...
After the hardships of WWI, the people were hungry and poor, and the soldiers refused to c...
Lucy explores how WWI influenced Nicolas II's leadership and encouraged Rasputin's fame to qu...
The Snows visit Northern France to tell the story of the 1918 Battle of Amiens.
Commemoration, examining the movement for war memorials following the First World War, and the continuation of this tradition for subsequent...
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