04: The Thames: Secret War | The Flying Archaeologist

01: 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...

08: Their Finest Hour | Battlefield Britain

Peter and Dan Snow take an in-depth look at the battles that shaped our nation. The Battle of Britain was the pivotal air battle ...

S01E09: Chernobyl | Days That Shook the World

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

01: Comrades: 1917-1945 | Cold War

Both the United States and the Soviet Union drifted apart after the Russian Revolution of 1917, the Russian Civil War and the Paris Peace ...

S02E03: Attack on Pearl Harbor | Days That Shook the World

The 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, which changed world history.

Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster | Surviving Disaster

In April 1986 a blast at a Soviet nuclear plant emits 400 times more radiation than the bomb at Hiroshima-the UN claims it ha...

German youth | The Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler

Hitler targeted the German youth, he wanted to indoctrinate them with Nazi ideology as early as possible.

11: Vietnam: 1954-1968 | Cold War

After losing the Battle of Dien Bien Phu the French leave Vietnam. A stream of refugees flee to the south after the Communist north institu...

21: Spies: 1944-1994 | Cold War

Throughout the Cold War both sides sought intelligence about their opponents using spies, satellites and other means. For political reasons, ...

Red Dawn | Strange Days: Cold War Britain

Historian Dominic Sandbrook examines the Cold War. He looks at the first chilling years of the conflict, when the opposing ideologi...

S02E02: The Christmas Truce | Days That Shook the World

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

S02E09: Cold War Spies: 1960 U-2 incident | Days That Shook the World

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

The Looking Glass War | Strange Days: Cold War Britain

Dominic Sandbrook examines the Cold War years, looking at the frontline of the conflict as consumerism was pitched aga...

05: The Road to Treblinka | Nazis: A Warning from History

Documentary showing how the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 was a crucial catalyst for the radicalis...

06: Why Appeasement? | Twentieth Century History

A look back at at the inter war years and the events leading up to the Second World War. The programme also examines the dip...

Learning Zone | Strange Days: Cold War Britain

A version made specially for schools of the BBC Two history series on Britain and the Cold War. Presented by Dominic Sandbrook.

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

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

The Peacemakers

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

02: Iron Curtain: 1945-1947 | Cold War

The wartime allies demobilise - the United States enjoys its economic strength and resurgence while Britain and the rest of Europe is ...

Episode 2 | Back in Time for Tea

The Ellis family discover how life has changed for northern working class families. The postwar years see the family on rations with no frid...