John Grigg narrates the life of David Lloyd George. As Lloyd George's biographer, Grigg remarks, ''My father knew Lloyd George''...
EastEnders star Shane Richie travels around his home city of London to explore the history of the Blitz there.
The Battle of the Somme began in July 1916. By February 1917, an irreparable blow had been struck at the German Army, but at the cost...
The kids get a whole new wardrobe and haircut to match the 1940s period.
To evacuate the thousands at Dunkirk, the Admiralty requisitions small boats, while the Navy races to lift as many as it can.
Liverpool actor Ricky Tomlinson, who was born in 1939, looks at the effect the Blitz had on his home city.
The country basks in a hot Edwardian summer, but the assassination of an archduke in Sarajevo presages worl...
Myleene Klass goes back to her home county of Norfolk to look into the story of the Baedeker Blitz on Norwich.
John Humphrys returns to south Wales to discover more about the effect of the Blitz on Cardiff and Swansea.
Hollywood actor David Harewood travels back to his native Birmingham to look at his city's Blitz story.
The Wall Street Crash and the rise of fascist politics in Europe caused chaos in 1930s Britain.
The series concludes with an account of Britain during the Second World War, starting with the events ...
Programme looks at how Britain fought Germany alone after the fall of Europe in June 1940.
Minister of munitions David Lloyd George struggles to modernise Britain's industrial capability.
Sarah was a child in Bolton during the Second World War. With family friend Tyler, she remembers the outbreak of the war and the e...
The kids practice an air raid simulation, instructed by a warden.
The kids get to build a their own "Anderson" air raid shelter.
The American G.I.'s stationed over in England regularly visited the evacuees and brought treats and even jiving from America!
Betty lived in Cardiff during the war and was evacuated to Aberdare. With her family friend, Anesha, she retraces the journey an...
Three Welsh families time travel back to 1944. This programme features the highs and lows of the first week for the Griffithses, the Paiseys a...
Broadcaster Peter Sissons reveals how a secret command bunker in the heart of Liverpool played a key role in winning The Battle of the Atlantic. He al...
Survivor accounts of the Black Saturday bombing on East London.
To make sure the German bombers couldn't spot light when flying, the kids mimic blocking up their windows in a "blackout".
Clip covers the phoney war, evacuation of children and finishes about the killing of pets.
Richard Holmes traces the events of a night of the Blitz, from the sector control room where the incoming raiders were plotted through to the efforts to sa...
Survivors share their experiences of the Blitz in Hull. Contains some strong language.
Lucy Worsley explores the lives of six real people who lived, worked and volunteered during the Blitz, highlighting the government's reliance ...
Government scientist Professor Solly Zuckerman was put in charge of conducting surveys about the impact of the Blitz on...
Details the German bombing of London the night of the 29th of December, in 1940.
Covering the Germans bombing London and the impact including government censorship of the newspapers.
Luftwaffe bombing tactics for the Bristol Blitz. First the Luftwaffe would send elite pathfinders with flares and incen...
Inadequate shelters forced Bristolians to seek shelter in disused railway tunnels.
Dan Snow recreates a map of Europe on the beach to explain how Britain became involved in World War I.
Some of the kids get used to using a chamber pot at night-time as they aren't allowed outside, and someone takes it a bit far!
Clydeside was almost entirely destroyed in the Blitz.
The kids are made to have a spoon of cod liver oil, which was a 1940s method of keeping healthy.
"Digging for victory" was the motto for wartime as people were encouraged to use any soil to grow their own food.
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.
Hundreds of thousands of British and Allied troops find themselves in an impossible situation. Christopher Nolan's epic wartime action thriller.
Veterans of World War II describe the retreat to Dunkirk in 1940 and the largest military evacuation in history. Their first real experien...
Reality show where a contemporary family are placed in a house for a number of months in an attempt to live under the conditions experienced in warti...
The Ellis family travel back in time to reveal how life has changed for northern working-class families over the past 100 years. Their exper...
Documentary series examining the impact of four individual bombs during the Blitz. This episode follows a bomb that fell on...
In the first of a two-part series, historian Dan Snow examines how two years of meticulous planning, espionage and the analysis of million...
The whole house gathers to hear a special radio announcement from the prime minister: the war in Europe is finally over.
The Ellis family discover how life has changed for northern working class families. The postwar years see the family on rations with no frid...
This episode explores the ramifications of a bomb that fell on 6th Avenue in the city of Hull.
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