01: The Birth of Modern Scotland | Scotland: The Promised Land

Duration: 59'00''

Synopsis

Documentary series examining the social and political changes that gave birth to modern-day Scotland.

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02: Homes for Highland Heroes | Scotland: The Promised Land

02: Homes for Highland Heroes | Scotland: The Promised Land

BBC Two Scotland | 2016 | 58'55''

A look at the problems facing the Highlands following World War I.

03: The Cultural Revolution | Scotland: The Promised Land

03: The Cultural Revolution | Scotland: The Promised Land

BBC Two Scotland | 2016 | 59'01''

Scotland's ideological struggle in the wake of World War I.

02: Homes for Highland Heroes | Scotland: The Promised Land

02: Homes for Highland Heroes | Scotland: The Promised Land

BBC Two Scotland | 2016 | 58'55''

A look at the problems facing the Highlands following World War I.

03: The Cultural Revolution | Scotland: The Promised Land

03: The Cultural Revolution | Scotland: The Promised Land

BBC Two Scotland | 2016 | 59'01''

Scotland's ideological struggle in the wake of World War I.

02: Homes for Highland Heroes | Scotland: The Promised Land

02: Homes for Highland Heroes | Scotland: The Promised Land

BBC Two Scotland | 2016 | 58'55''

A look at the problems facing the Highlands following World War I.

03: The Cultural Revolution | Scotland: The Promised Land

03: The Cultural Revolution | Scotland: The Promised Land

BBC Two Scotland | 2016 | 59'01''

Scotland's ideological struggle in the wake of World War I.

02: Homes for Highland Heroes | Scotland: The Promised Land

02: Homes for Highland Heroes | Scotland: The Promised Land

BBC Two Scotland | 2016 | 58'55''

A look at the problems facing the Highlands following World War I.

03: The Cultural Revolution | Scotland: The Promised Land

03: The Cultural Revolution | Scotland: The Promised Land

BBC Two Scotland | 2016 | 59'01''

Scotland's ideological struggle in the wake of World War I.

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04: HMS Hood | Clydebuilt: The Ships That Made the Commonwealth

04: HMS Hood | Clydebuilt: The Ships That Made the Commonwealth

BBC Two | 2014 | 59'01''

David Hayman meets some of the men who sailed on HMS Hood. He travels to Scapa Flow to experience what life w...

03: The Cultural Revolution | Scotland: The Promised Land

03: The Cultural Revolution | Scotland: The Promised Land

BBC Two Scotland | 2016 | 59'01''

Scotland's ideological struggle in the wake of World War I.

1917 (2019)

1917 (2019)

BBC One | 2022 | 1'48'00''

During the First World War, two soldiers are ordered across no-man's-land and deep into enemy territory to deliver a message. If they fail, an entire battalion, ...

They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)

They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)

BBC Two | 2018 | 1'35'05''

Transforming archive footage more than a century old, Peter Jackson brings to life the people who can best tell the story of World War I: the ...

S02E02: The Christmas Truce | Days That Shook the World

S02E02: The Christmas Truce | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2004 | 59'29''

An account of Christmas Day in 1914, when German and British soldiers initiated a spontaneous truce across the frontl...

S03E04: The War to End All Wars | Days That Shook the World

S03E04: The War to End All Wars | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2005 | 59'05''

This program tells the story of the final days of World War I and the lengthy negotiations that led to the Armis...

The Peacemakers

The Peacemakers

BBC Four | 2003 | 59'14''

Historian Margaret MacMillan revisits the scene of the Versailles Treaty and tries to establish whether it was a short-sighted settlement - as economist John...

S01E04: The Somme | War Walks

S01E04: The Somme | War Walks

BBC Two | 1996 | 28'25''

1 July 1916 was the blackest day in the British army's history. Richard Holmes walks the fields where 57,000 soldiers were killed or wounded in...

The assassins | Days That Shook the World

The assassins | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2004 | 3'34''

The assassins prepare for the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

Gavrilo Princip | Days That Shook the World

Gavrilo Princip | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2004 | 2'17''

An introduction to the life and motivations of Gavrilo Princip.

Archduke Franz Ferdinand | Days That Shook the World

Archduke Franz Ferdinand | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2004 | 2'18''

An introduction to Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the reasons for his assassination.

The Wipers Times (2013)

The Wipers Times (2013)

BBC Two | 2013 | 1'28'59''

World War I drama based on a true story. An army captain discovers a printing press in the ruins of Ypres, Belgium, in 1916, and decides to publish a...

The Archduke is assassinated | Days That Shook the World

The Archduke is assassinated | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2004 | 5'46''

Gavrilo Princip assassinates the Archduke and triggers the First World War.

Context and who was involved | Days That Shook the World

Context and who was involved | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2004 | 1'56''

An introduction to the context behind the murder of Franz Ferdinand and the key people involved.

Rasputin's demise | Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley

Rasputin's demise | Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley

BBC Four | 2016 | 4'34''

Lucy explores how WWI influenced Nicolas II's leadership and encouraged Rasputin's fame to quickly ...

04: The Thames: Secret War | The Flying Archaeologist

04: The Thames: Secret War | The Flying Archaeologist

BBC One | 2013 | 29'00''

Ben Robinson flies over the Thames to reveal discoveries about WWI, including a network of trenches on the Hoo peninsul...

Fighting the Red Baron

Fighting the Red Baron

Channel 4 | 2012 | 1'15'45''

Following two modern Red Arrows pilots as they take on the challenges faced by World War I pilots.

Gallipoli's Lost Shipwrecks

Gallipoli's Lost Shipwrecks

Channel 4 | 2014 | 46'16''

Documentary in which underwater explorer Robert Ballard pieces together long-lost First World War stories from the Gallipoli campaign through the...

Nicholas' abdication | Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley

Nicholas' abdication | Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley

BBC Four | 2016 | 4'58''

After the hardships of WWI, the people were hungry and poor, and the soldiers refused to carry o...

S01E03: Mons | War Walks

S01E03: Mons | War Walks

BBC Two | 1996 | 28'13''

Military historian Richard Holmes looks at some of history's major battles. This programme follows the British retreat from Mons in 1914.