Episode 5 | The Passing Bells

Episode 5 | The Passing Bells

Conflict and Warfare | BBC One | 2014 | 28'14''

As peace terms are negotiated and their families wait anxiously for news of their return, Tommy and Michael are still on the front line.

Episode 4 | The Passing Bells

Episode 4 | The Passing Bells

Conflict and Warfare | BBC One | 2014 | 28'57''

Michael is taken prisoner, and Joanna has some big news for Tommy.

Episode 3 | The Passing Bells

Episode 3 | The Passing Bells

Conflict and Warfare | BBC One | 2014 | 29'10''

Tommy and Michael's regiments face one another on opposite sides of the Somme battlefield.

Episode 2 | The Passing Bells

Episode 2 | The Passing Bells

Conflict and Warfare | BBC One | 2014 | 29'10''

On the eastern front, Michael is forced to make a terrible choice, while on the western front Tommy's regiment experiments with a dangerous new...

Episode 1 | The Passing Bells

Episode 1 | The Passing Bells

Conflict and Warfare | BBC One | 2014 | 29'32''

At the outbreak of war, two teenage boys - one German and one British - defy their parents to sign up. But their enthusiasm is tested when they...

03: The Cultural Revolution | Scotland: The Promised Land

03: The Cultural Revolution | Scotland: The Promised Land

Beliefs in Society | BBC Two Scotland | 2016 | 59'01''

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

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

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

Beliefs in Society | BBC Two Scotland | 2016 | 59'00''

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

S01E08: The Fighter Plane | Horrible Histories

S01E08: The Fighter Plane | Horrible Histories

Conflict and Warfare | CBBC | 2009 | 1'45''

The evolution of the fighter plane (animated).

S01E08: The Cause of WWI | Horrible Histories

S01E08: The Cause of WWI | Horrible Histories

Conflict and Warfare | CBBC | 2009 | 2'38''

Outlining the causes of the war, as simply as possible-that is, not very.

S01E06: Lucky Charms | Horrible Histories

S01E06: Lucky Charms | Horrible Histories

Conflict and Warfare | CBBC | 2009 | 2'38''

A soldier's frantic hunt for his lucky charms might prove lucky itself.

S01E06: Twisted Fairytale: The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe | Horrible Histories

S01E06: Twisted Fairytale: The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe | Horrible Histories

Conflict and Warfare | CBBC | 2009 | 40''

Urinating on boots to soften the leather.

S01E04: Dodgy War Inventions: 16: Zeppelin airship | Horrible Histories

S01E04: Dodgy War Inventions: 16: Zeppelin airship | Horrible Histories

Conflict and Warfare | CBBC | 2009 | 38''

Dodgy War Inventions featuring the Zeppelin airship.

S01E04: TNT Hair Dye | Horrible Histories

S01E04: TNT Hair Dye | Horrible Histories

Conflict and Warfare | CBBC | 2009 | 1'15''

TNT Hair Dye (advertisement).

S01E01: Ready Steady Feast: Germans WWI | Horrible Histories

S01E01: Ready Steady Feast: Germans WWI | Horrible Histories

Conflict and Warfare | CBBC | 2009 | 2'34''

German wartime food substitutes in WWI (parody of Ready Steady Cook).

S01E01: Lice wars | Horrible Histories

S01E01: Lice wars | Horrible Histories

Conflict and Warfare | CBBC | 2009 | 2'10''

Animated skit about soldiers dealing with lice in the trenches in WWI.

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

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

Conflict and Warfare | 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...

02: The Fightback | 100 Days to Victory

02: The Fightback | 100 Days to Victory

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2018 | 59'05''

After defeating the Germans at Amiens, the Allies need to find a way to smash through the Hindenburg Line.

01: The Spring Offensive | 100 Days to Victory

01: The Spring Offensive | 100 Days to Victory

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2018 | 59'05''

Two-part series charting how the Allies won WWI. This episode examines the circumstances that led to the 'combined arms' coord...

Pipers of the Trenches

Pipers of the Trenches

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2014 | 59'05''

Documentary telling the story of the pipers, who during WWI, climbed out of the trenches, unarmed, to play bagpipes for the Highland regiments going o...

Haig, The Unknown Soldier | Timewatch

Haig, The Unknown Soldier | Timewatch

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 1996 | 48'26''

Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, the man labelled "the butcher of the Somme", has been satirised and lampooned as the worst type of Brit...

The Supreme Sacrifice

The Supreme Sacrifice

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two Scotland | 2006 | 58'32''

Documentary telling the story of how the 1914 Heart of Midlothian football team became the 'C' Company of the 16th Battalion of The Royal Scots in Worl...

The Last Day of World War One | Timewatch

The Last Day of World War One | Timewatch

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2008 | 58'42''

Michael Palin reveals the shocking truth that soldiers continued to be killed in battle after the First World War armistice had bee...

03: Us and Them | Long Shadow

03: Us and Them | Long Shadow

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

David Reynolds argues that the war made national identity a stark either-or issue, a matter of 'us' versus 'them'.

02: Ballots and Bullets | Long Shadow

02: Ballots and Bullets | Long Shadow

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2014 | 59'06''

David Reynolds looks at how the conflict gave birth to an age of turbulent mass democracy.

01: Remembering and Understanding | Long Shadow

01: Remembering and Understanding | Long Shadow

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2014 | 59'04''

David Reynolds examines the legacy of the Great War. In this episode, he looks at how attitudes to the war changed in Britain...

1917 (2019)

1917 (2019)

Conflict and Warfare | 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, ...

Walter Tull: Forgotten Hero

Walter Tull: Forgotten Hero

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Four | 2008 | 58'52''

The story of Walter Tull, a pioneering black British footballer and the first black officer in the British army, who died heroically in WWI and y...

08: Zimmermann Telegram | World War One: Beyond the Trenches

08: Zimmermann Telegram | World War One: Beyond the Trenches

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2014 | 4'21''

How a decrypted telegram pushed America into World War One, while prompting the construction of a permanent fenc...

07: The Fight for Baku’s Oil | World War One: Beyond the Trenches

07: The Fight for Baku’s Oil | World War One: Beyond the Trenches

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2014 | 4'24''

As part of a series looking at stories beyond the trenches of Europe, BBC Azeri's Leyla Najafli explo...

06: Episode 6 | World War One: Beyond the Trenches

06: Episode 6 | World War One: Beyond the Trenches

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2014 | 24'29''

World War One was a truly global war. This series looks at events beyond Europe's Western Front, exploring some of the les...

05: The Indestructible Warship, Tanzania | World War One: Beyond the Trenches

05: The Indestructible Warship, Tanzania | World War One: Beyond the Trenches

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2014 | 4'26''

100 years ago, it was the fearsome German warship that ruled the waters of Lake Tanganyika, tod...

04: Siege of Tsingtao | World War One: Beyond the Trenches

04: Siege of Tsingtao | World War One: Beyond the Trenches

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2014 | 4'23''

The only battle to be fought in the Far East during WWI had an explosive and lasting impact on Sino-Japanese relat...

03: The Famine of Mount Lebanon | World War One: Beyond the Trenches

03: The Famine of Mount Lebanon | World War One: Beyond the Trenches

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2014 | 4'24''

This episode tells the forgotten story of starvation and disease that ravaged Mount Lebanon during WWI, ...

02: The Nurse of the Mediterranean | World War One: Beyond the Trenches

02: The Nurse of the Mediterranean | World War One: Beyond the Trenches

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2014 | 4'24''

Malta saved the lives of thousands of wounded soldiers in World War I. Dr Kevin Fong explores how it ...

01: Race to Kamina | World War One: Beyond the Trenches

01: Race to Kamina | World War One: Beyond the Trenches

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2014 | 4'23''

Uncovering the real story of the first Allied victory in World War One. Akwasi Sarpong travels to Togo in West Africa.

Episode 3 | The Trench (2002)

Episode 3 | The Trench (2002)

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2002 | 58'33''

The 10th Battalion of the East Yorkshire regiment lost over men in just one day during the Battle of Ancre, far more than they had suffered cum...

Episode 2 | The Trench (2002)

Episode 2 | The Trench (2002)

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2002 | 58'22''

After a week, the 23 modern-day volunteers are still struggling to adapt, especially with the strict water rationing that faced the 10th Battal...

Episode 1 | The Trench (2002)

Episode 1 | The Trench (2002)

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2002 | 58'01''

Fear, fatigue and cold daily life in a First World War trench is relived in this three-part series. Based on diaries kept by the 10th Battalion...

Cpl David Livingstone Diary Extract | Days That Shook the World

Cpl David Livingstone Diary Extract | Days That Shook the World

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2005 | 1'08''

A recreation of a extract from the diary of Cpl David Livingstone taken from the 11th of November 1918, showi...

03: War Machine | Our World War

03: War Machine | Our World War

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Three | 2014 | 57'12''

At the Battle of Amiens, a tank commander and his crew must storm through enemy lines and fight against the odds to bring the war to an end.

02: Pals | Our World War

02: Pals | Our World War

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Three | 2014 | 57'15''

A soldier in the Manchester Pals regiment finds himself fighting both the Germans and a system that requires him to execute one of his pals.

01: The First Day | Our World War

01: The First Day | Our World War

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Three | 2014 | 58'32''

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

S02E02: Interwar Years | Turn Back Time

S02E02: Interwar Years | Turn Back Time

Conflict and Warfare | BBC One | 2012 | 59'04''

They experience the highs of the "roaring twenties", followed by the lows of the Great Depression.

WWI: The Final Hours

WWI: The Final Hours

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2018 | 58'58''

Documentary uncovering the extraordinary events leading up to the Armistice negotiations, and the repercussions that would ripple across the continent.

1914 – The War Revolution | Timewatch

1914 – The War Revolution | Timewatch

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2003 | 49'06''

A look at the rapid changes in the nature of warfare during World War I which ended hopes of a swift conclusion and caused a long...

The White Ribbon | Das Weisse Band (2009)

The White Ribbon | Das Weisse Band (2009)

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Four | 2013 | 2'15'59''

Award-winning film by Michael Haneke set on the eve of World War I. The quiet order of a small German village is disturbed by a ser...

The Supereme Sacrifice

The Supereme Sacrifice

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two Scotland | 2006 | 59'03''

Documentary telling the story of how the 1914 Heart of Midlothian football team became the 'C' Company of the 16th Battalion of The Royal Scots in Wor...

02: Into the Abyss | Royal Cousins at War

02: Into the Abyss | Royal Cousins at War

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2014 | 59'02''

The roles played by cousins Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and King George V of England in the desperate,...