05: Impeachment | Watergate

05: Impeachment | Watergate

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 1994 | 49'11''

President Nixon clings on to the White House as the case against him mounts. The automatic recording system he ordered to be installed in the Ova...

04: Massacre | Watergate

04: Massacre | Watergate

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 1994 | 49'20''

The so-called Saturday Night Massacre, the chain of events that unfolded on 20 October 1973, when President Nixon demanded that special prosecutor A...

03: Scapegoat | Watergate

03: Scapegoat | Watergate

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 1994 | 49'09''

Nixon pays the Watergate burglars to keep silent, but his adviser, John Dean, turns state's evidence after John McCord, one of the thieves, reveals...

02: Cover-Up | Watergate

02: Cover-Up | Watergate

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 1994 | 49'13''

Nixon's burglars are caught and the president himself is at the head of a cover-up that links the crime to the White House. In November 1972, five m...

01: Break-In | Watergate

01: Break-In | Watergate

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 1994 | 49'13''

In 1974, Richard Nixon, brought down by the Watergate scandal, became the only US president ever to resign. This programme looks at the break-in at ...

German reaction to WWII | The World at War

German reaction to WWII | The World at War

Conflict and Warfare | ITV | 1973 | 5'06''

This clip shows the initial reaction to the war and has some eyewitness testimony of how people felt supportive of the initial suc...

03: Nation | Blood and Gold: The Making of Spain with Simon Sebag Montefiore

03: Nation | Blood and Gold: The Making of Spain with Simon Sebag Montefiore

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Four | 2015 | 59'14''

Simon explores Spain's golden age under Philip II through to the Spanish Civil War and dictators...

02: Reconquest | Blood and Gold: The Making of Spain with Simon Sebag Montefiore

02: Reconquest | Blood and Gold: The Making of Spain with Simon Sebag Montefiore

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Four | 2015 | 59'04''

Simon uncovers the truth about Spain's hero El Cid. He also investigates the horror of the S...

01: Conquest | Blood and Gold: The Making of Spain with Simon Sebag Montefiore

01: Conquest | Blood and Gold: The Making of Spain with Simon Sebag Montefiore

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Four | 2015 | 58'58''

Simon explores the early years of Spain's 2,000-year history, its emergence as the battlegroun...

03: It’s Hell, Mr President | The Iraq War

03: It’s Hell, Mr President | The Iraq War

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2013 | 59'10''

The biggest players of the war in Iraq reveal the inside story. The final episode tells how the war ended and brings the Ira...

02: After the Fall | The Iraq War

02: After the Fall | The Iraq War

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2013 | 59'24''

Key insiders describe their roles in the chaotic aftermath of the defeat of Saddam Hussein.

01: Regime Change | The Iraq War

01: Regime Change | The Iraq War

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2013 | 59'28''

This episode investigates how the US and Britain became convinced that Saddam possessed WMDs.

04: Take Cover! | James May’s 20th Century

04: Take Cover! | James May’s 20th Century

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2007 | 28'56''

James May investigates some of the most ingenious ideas to emerge from 20th century warfare, flying in the RAF's latest supe...

Post-war Berlin | Twentieth Century History

Post-war Berlin | Twentieth Century History

Cold War conflicts | BBC One | 1978 | 8'56''

An explanation of how the allies aided Berlin in its post-war recovery.

Korean War | Twentieth Century History

Korean War | Twentieth Century History

Cold War conflicts | BBC One | 1978 | 9'53''

An explanation of how the Korean war unfolded.

How Britain declared war in 1914 | Britain’s Great War

How Britain declared war in 1914 | Britain’s Great War

Conflict and Warfare | BBC One | 2014 | 5'27''

Jeremy Paxman explores the optimistic national mood at the declaration of war in 1914 after Germany, under Kaise...

02: Evacuation | Dunkirk (2004)

02: Evacuation | Dunkirk (2004)

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2004 | 59'22''

To evacuate the thousands at Dunkirk, the Admiralty requisitions small boats, while the Navy races to lift as many as it can.

01: Retreat | Dunkirk (2004)

01: Retreat | Dunkirk (2004)

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2004 | 59'15''

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.

Dunkirk (2017)

Dunkirk (2017)

Conflict and Warfare | BBC One | 2020 | 1'37'04''

Hundreds of thousands of British and Allied troops find themselves in an impossible situation. Christopher Nolan's epic wartime action thriller.

Bombing London | Blitz Spirit with Lucy Worsley

Bombing London | Blitz Spirit with Lucy Worsley

Conflict and Warfare | BBC One | 2021 | 13'35''

Covering the Germans bombing London and the impact including government censorship of the newspapers.

Blitz | Blitz Spirit with Lucy Worsley

Blitz | Blitz Spirit with Lucy Worsley

Conflict and Warfare | BBC One | 2021 | 4'09''

Clip covers the phoney war, evacuation of children and finishes about the killing of pets.

Blitz Spirit with Lucy Worsley

Blitz Spirit with Lucy Worsley

Conflict and Warfare | BBC One | 2021 | 1'29'03''

Lucy Worsley explores the lives of six real people who lived, worked and volunteered during the Blitz, highlighting the government's reliance ...

Postwar: E20: What if? | Politically

Postwar: E20: What if? | Politically

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC Radio 22 | 2025 | 13'44''

What would Britain have been like if Winston Churchill had won the 1945 general election?

Postwar: E18: Churchill: Lion in Winter | Politically

Postwar: E18: Churchill: Lion in Winter | Politically

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC Radio 20 | 2025 | 13'41''

What happened to Winston Churchill in the years after the 1945 general election?

Postwar: E15: Debt to America | Politically

Postwar: E15: Debt to America | Politically

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Radio 17 | 2025 | 13'37''

In 1945, Britain was the most indebted country in the world.

Postwar: E14: United Nations | Politically

Postwar: E14: United Nations | Politically

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Radio 16 | 2025 | 13'42''

Both main parties supported the United Nations, but they disagreed about what that meant.

Postwar: E13: From Yalta to Potsdam | Politically

Postwar: E13: From Yalta to Potsdam | Politically

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Radio 15 | 2025 | 13'43''

Between the Yalta and Potsdam conferences, everything changed.

Postwar: E12: Art, War and Propaganda | Politically

Postwar: E12: Art, War and Propaganda | Politically

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Radio 14 | 2025 | 13'42''

With the formation of the Arts Council in 1945, on-going state patronage of the arts began.

Postwar: E5: The Soldiers’ Election | Politically

Postwar: E5: The Soldiers’ Election | Politically

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Radio 7 | 2025 | 13'37''

During the 1945 election, there were still almost five million servicemen and women.

Postwar: E4: Public Opinion | Politically

Postwar: E4: Public Opinion | Politically

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Radio 6 | 2025 | 13'44''

How could politicians know what voters were thinking in 1945?

Postwar: E2: Mr Churchill and Mr Attlee | Politically

Postwar: E2: Mr Churchill and Mr Attlee | Politically

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Radio 4 | 2025 | 13'45''

With the war in Europe at an end, Churchill and Attlee became fierce election rivals.

07: Soldiers of Empire | Not Forgotten

07: Soldiers of Empire | Not Forgotten

Conflict and Warfare | Channel 4 | 2007 | 48'10''

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

06: The Men Who Wouldn’t Fight | Not Forgotten

06: The Men Who Wouldn’t Fight | Not Forgotten

Conflict and Warfare | Channel 4 | 2007 | 48'21''

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

05: Shot at Dawn | Not Forgotten

05: Shot at Dawn | Not Forgotten

Conflict and Warfare | Channel 4 | 2007 | 48'06''

In this special edition of Not Forgotten, Ian Hislop uncovers the powerful stories of First World War soldiers from across the British Empir...

Cumbria’s Atomic Pioneers | A History of the World

Cumbria’s Atomic Pioneers | A History of the World

Conflict and Warfare | BBC One | 2010 | 29'07''

Stuart Maconie goes in search of Britain's atomic past, discovering the world's first nuclear power station, tucked ...

07: Legacy | 1914-1918

07: Legacy | 1914-1918

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Knowledge | 2001 | 46'44''

Documentary series telling the history of the Great War concludes with the post-war peace negotiations and the unfair treatment of the defeated German...

06: Collapse | 1914-1918

06: Collapse | 1914-1918

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Knowledge | 2001 | 47'23''

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 ...

05: Mutiny | 1914-1918

05: Mutiny | 1914-1918

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Knowledge | 2001 | 48'50''

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...

04: Slaughter | 1914-1918

04: Slaughter | 1914-1918

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Knowledge | 2001 | 48'35''

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

03: What If…Total War | 1914-1918

03: What If…Total War | 1914-1918

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Knowledge | 2001 | 48'14''

Documentary series telling the history of the Great War. With deadlock in the trenches, the great powers searched for other ways to b...

02: Stalemate | 1914-1918

02: Stalemate | 1914-1918

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Knowledge | 2001 | 48'38''

Series telling the history of the Great War. Experts thought technical advances in weaponry would bring about a quick victory, but armies soon reso...

01: Explosion | 1914-1918

01: Explosion | 1914-1918

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Knowledge | 2001 | 47'27''

Documentary series telling the history of the Great War, in which nine million people perished. Beginning with the origins of the conflict.

Episode 3 | 1940s House

Episode 3 | 1940s House

Conflict and Warfare | Channel 4 | 2001 | 50'03''

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...

Episode 2 | 1940s House

Episode 2 | 1940s House

Conflict and Warfare | Channel 4 | 2001 | 50'03''

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...

Episode 1 | 1940s House

Episode 1 | 1940s House

Conflict and Warfare | Channel 4 | 2001 | 49'54''

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...

Kate Adie’s Women of World War One

Kate Adie’s Women of World War One

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2014 | 59'14''

Distinguished war reporter Kate Adie examines the impact of women's work on the Home Front during the First World War.

May Blitz: The Seven Days that Rocked Liverpool

May Blitz: The Seven Days that Rocked Liverpool

Conflict and Warfare | BBC One | 2016 | 29'10''

For seven days in 1941, Hitler's Luftwaffe relentlessly bombed the strategically vital port of Liverpool. To commemorate the ...

S02E05 | World on Fire

S02E05 | World on Fire

Conflict and Warfare | BBC One | 2023 | 57'19''

Tragedy strikes at the heart of Harry's unit as the siege drags on in Tobruk. In Manchester, Kasia is confronted by more of the horrors of war. In Fra...