Archduke Franz Ferdinand | Days That Shook the World

S1E2: Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand | Days That Shook the World

How the duke's death led to the start of the First World War.

The Somme: From Defeat to Victory

Drama-documentary which offers a new perspective on the most infamous battle of World War I, revealing how it was on the Somme that the Bri...

They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)

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 ...

1: Martial Races | The World's War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire

David Olusoga challenges our perceptions of the First World War with the stories of the millions of Indian, ...

6: The Men Who Wouldn't Fight | Not Forgotten

In this special edition of Not Forgotten, Ian Hislop explores the powerful and often overlooked stories of conscientious object...

2: Stalemate | History File

The second section explores why the war wasn't over by Christmas 1914 and what life was like in the trenches.

Learning Zone | Britain's Great War

Jeremy Paxman traces the effects of the First World War on Britain. This was a total war which dragged in civilians as well as soldiers, ...

1: The Approach of War | History File

The first section asks who was to blame for the war.

4: Slaughter | 1914-1918

Documentary series telling the history of the Great War, in which nine million people perished. The battles of Verdun, the Somme and Passchendaele w...

S2E2: 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 frontline.

Chinese Labour Corps | The World's War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire

David Olusoga discusses the experiences of the Chinese labour corp in WW1.

The Indian Corps and trench warfare | The World's War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire

David Olusoga discusses the Indian corp experiences of industrialised trench warfare.

1: 1918 Western Front | Peter and Dan Snow: 20th Century Battlefields

The Snows visit Northern France to tell the story of the 1918 Battle of Amiens.

01: The First Day | Our World War

Drama revealing real experiences of British soldiers in the First World War. In August 1914, the Royal Fusiliers reach the town of Mons in ...

3: The Home Front | History File

The First World War was a total war. Nobody escaped, even the women and children at home. In this third section we look at how the lives of ...

War without End | The First World War

The final part explores the war's last few months, the armistice and the Treaty of Versailles.

1: War Comes to Britain | Britain's Great War

Jeremy Paxman presents a four-part documentary charting how the First World War affected Great Britain, with this episode focus...

7: Soldiers of Empire | Not Forgotten

In this special edition of Not Forgotten, Ian Hislop uncovers the overlooked stories of soldiers from across the British Empire who fou...

01: A House Divided | Royal Cousins at War

How the tangled relationships and emerging rivalries between Europe's royal houses at the outbreak of the First World War played a...

2: The War Machine | Britain's Great War

With the country unprepared for war, the whole population is enlisted to turn Britain into a war machine.