Margaret Thatcher | Icons

Margaret Thatcher | Icons

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC Two | 2019 | 13'11''

Britain's first female prime minister, Thatcher was marked out not only by her gender, but for pushing through reforms so bold they have shaped the...

Winston Churchill | Icons

Winston Churchill | Icons

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC Two | 2019 | 12'23''

From the battlefields of the Boer war, to the blitzed streets of wartime London, Trevor examines the qualities that made Churchill such a towering ...

Nukes, Subs & Secrets

Nukes, Subs & Secrets

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC Scotland | 2019 | 57'58''

What did Scotland do in the Cold War? We travel the length of the country, from an underground bunker to a remote Hebridean test site, to find out.

04: Sea Change | Empire of the Seas: How the Navy Forged the Modern World

04: Sea Change | Empire of the Seas: How the Navy Forged the Modern World

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC Two | 2010 | 58'33''

Dan Snow looks at how the 19th-century Navy used gunboat diplomacy to push British interests furthe...

S02E03: Burning Belief | The Battle for Britain’s Soul

S02E03: Burning Belief | The Battle for Britain’s Soul

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC Two | 2005 | 59'16''

The emergence of secularism in the 20th century presented the Church with an unprecedented test and provoked a c...

Miners’ Strike: A Frontline Story

Miners’ Strike: A Frontline Story

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC Two | 2024 | 1'28'55''

Featuring compelling testimony, this is the story of 15 men and women and one life-changing year on the front line of the most divisi...

Hull’s Headscarf Heroes

Hull’s Headscarf Heroes

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC Four | 2018 | 59'00''

The story of Hull's triple trawler tragedy fifty years ago in 1968, in which 58 deep sea fishermen died, and the protest by local women who fou...

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: E19: Post-postwar | Politically

Postwar: E19: Post-postwar | Politically

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC Radio 21 | 2025 | 13'45''

When did the postwar period end?

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: E16: The Result | Politically

Postwar: E16: The Result | Politically

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC Radio 18 | 2025 | 13'41''

The immediate result of the general election was silence: a three-week hiatus.

Ian Hislop’s Fake News: A True History

Ian Hislop’s Fake News: A True History

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC Four | 2019 | 59'31''

Ian Hislop's sharp, provocative take on 200 years of fake news and its consequences - from Victorians on the moon to 21st-centur...

Election 2017: What Just Happened? | Panorama

Election 2017: What Just Happened? | Panorama

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC One | 2017 | 29'03''

Theresa May's election gamble has resulted in a catastrophic outcome for the Conservatives, whilst Jeremy Corbyn has defied man...

03: Made in Britain | New Elizabethans with Andrew Marr

03: Made in Britain | New Elizabethans with Andrew Marr

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC Two | 2020 | 59'18''

During the Queen's long reign, Britain's heavy industries have faced devastating decline. Andrew Marr picks the 'New ...

02: A Brave New World | New Elizabethans with Andrew Marr

02: A Brave New World | New Elizabethans with Andrew Marr

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC Two | 2020 | 59'30''

Andrew Marr explores how Britain since 1952 has coped with the loss of empire, America's cultural and political heg...

06: The South: Dreams of Tomorrow | How We Built Britain

06: The South: Dreams of Tomorrow | How We Built Britain

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC One | 2007 | 58'28''

David Dimbleby's journey through Britain's architecture concludes with a look at how 20th-century developments chang...

Profile of Enoch Powell | Panorama

Profile of Enoch Powell | Panorama

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC One | 1968 | 47'30''

A profile of Enoch Powell.

Edward Heath | Panorama

Edward Heath | Panorama

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC One | 1967 | 49'20''

Is Heath the right man for the job? Panorama talks to Conservative Party activists about their views on Edward Heath. He is then interviewed by a pan...

Harold Wilson Interview | Panorama

Harold Wilson Interview | Panorama

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC One | 1967 | 42'19''

Including an interview with Harold Wilson in which the prospect of devaluation of the pound is discussed along with the Vietnam War and un...

Hanratty | Panorama

Hanratty | Panorama

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC One | 1966 | 43'34''

James Hanratty (also known as the A6 Murderer) was a British criminal who was one of the final eight people in the UK to be executed before capital punis...

Tributes to Churchill | Panorama

Tributes to Churchill | Panorama

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC One | 1965 | 47'52''

As viewers come to terms with the loss of a great British hero, Richard Dimbleby hosts a collection of tributes to Winston Churchill from hi...

Harold Wilson | Panorama

Harold Wilson | Panorama

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC One | 1964 | 49'28''

Profile of Harold Wilson and Alec Douglas-Home on the election trail from 19 October 1964.

Special: The Premiership | Panorama

Special: The Premiership | Panorama

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC | 1963 | 52'00''

Live edition on the night that Her Majesty the Queen asked Alec Douglas-Home to be Prime Minister, following Harold Macmillan's sudden re...

20th Century Wrap: 03: 1930s: What Depression? | History File

20th Century Wrap: 03: 1930s: What Depression? | History File

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC Two | 1995 | 23'58''

This programme covers the 30's and the extent of the depression. Contemporay film-makers recorded a vivid pict...

01: Building a New Society | New Elizabethans with Andrew Marr

01: Building a New Society | New Elizabethans with Andrew Marr

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC Two | 2020 | 59'25''

Andrew Marr examines the way in which Britain went from a rigid, class-obsessed society in the 1950s toward a ...

War Crimes Scandal Exposed | Panorama

War Crimes Scandal Exposed | Panorama

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC One | 2019 | 59'28''

The government announced the closure of investigations into alleged war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan before a single soldier was pros...

Hacking: Power, Corruption and Lies | Panorama

Hacking: Power, Corruption and Lies | Panorama

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC Two | 2014 | 57'48''

Panorama Special in which Robert Peston investigates the questions behind the phone hacking trial which saw David Cameron's fo...

03: Flood at Winchester | Cathedral

03: Flood at Winchester | Cathedral

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC Two | 2005 | 58'20''

Documentary drama series that reconstructs events that shaped the building of Britain's cathedrals.Winchester Cathedral faced destruction...

09: Churchill | Great Britons (2002)

09: Churchill | Great Britons (2002)

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC Two | 2002 | 58'22''

In the final documentary of the series, MP Mo Mowlam argues for Winston Churchill as the greatest Briton, portraying him as an inspirati...

04: The Winner Takes It All 77-79 | The 70s

04: The Winner Takes It All 77-79 | The 70s

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC Two | 2012 | 58'50''

Dominic Sandbrook looks at the final years of the decade, marked by concerns that appear startlingly current.

02: Doomwatch 73-74 | The 70s

02: Doomwatch 73-74 | The 70s

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC Two | 2012 | 59'02''

Dominic Sandbrook looks at the impact of a fast-changing world on British life and the effects of the oil price hike of the 70s.

I Hate the Sixties: The Decade That Was Too Good to Be True

I Hate the Sixties: The Decade That Was Too Good to Be True

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC Four | 2004 | 59'02''

Documentary exploring the myth of the 1960s and "Swinging Britain." The decade's social revolution led to a fragm...

02: Churchill | Secrets of Leadership

02: Churchill | Secrets of Leadership

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC Two | 2003 | 49'06''

Andrew Roberts reveals many of Churchill's weaknesses as a subordinate in charge of the Royal Navy, and the great strengths they became...

07: 1982 Falklands | Peter and Dan Snow: 20th Century Battlefields

07: 1982 Falklands | Peter and Dan Snow: 20th Century Battlefields

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC Two | 2007 | 58'54''

Peter and Dan Snow tell the story of how the British fought back to regain control of the Falkland Islands...

02: Under Pressure | The 80s with Dominic Sandbrook

02: Under Pressure | The 80s with Dominic Sandbrook

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC Two | 2016 | 58'18''

Dominic Sandbrook looks at a dynamic decade. By the mid-80s, Britain felt like an embattled nation, struggling to establi...

01: The Sound of the Crowd | The 80s with Dominic Sandbrook

01: The Sound of the Crowd | The 80s with Dominic Sandbrook

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC Two | 2016 | 59'21''

Dominic Sandbrook takes a look at a dynamic decade. This episode looks at how the early 80s saw new forces of cho...

13: Tough Old Gut | The World at War

13: Tough Old Gut | The World at War

Britain’s changing role in the world | ITV | 1973 | 50'12''

Churchill described Italy as the 'soft underbelly of the crocodile', thinking the Allies could cut through it to reach Germany. However,...

02: Distant War | The World at War

02: Distant War | The World at War

Britain’s changing role in the world | ITV | 1973 | 51'30''

An uneasy calm settles on Britain as Churchill replaces Chamberlain as prime minister.

05: Work and Technology | World 2000

05: Work and Technology | World 2000

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC Two | 2000 | 28'59''

Explores job creation, road congestion and housing in Cambridge.

S01E01: The Death of Diana | Days That Shook the World

S01E01: The Death of Diana | Days That Shook the World

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC Two | 2003 | 29'01''

The death of Diana, Princess of Wales, on August 31, 1997, in a Paris car crash.

S02E04: The Great Train Robbery | Days That Shook the World

S02E04: The Great Train Robbery | Days That Shook the World

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC Two | 2004 | 29'23''

The Great Train Robbery on August 8, 1963.

S03E01E1: The Cost of Betrayal: The Defection of Burgess & MacLean | Days That Shook the World

S03E01E1: The Cost of Betrayal: The Defection of Burgess & MacLean | Days That Shook the World

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC Two | 2005 | 29'30''

Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess's escape to Moscow in 1951.

The Great Falklands Gamble: Revealed

The Great Falklands Gamble: Revealed

Britain’s changing role in the world | Channel 5 | 2014 | 43'46''

This film reveals the enormous risks Britain took in the Falklands War and how a remarkable victory could have become a devastating defeat.

Episode 3 | The Major Years

Episode 3 | The Major Years

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC One | 1999 | 1'02'00''

In November 1994, John Major ordered the whip to be withdrawn from eight rebel backbenchers. By the following summer the cabinet itself was divid...

Episode 2 | The Major Years

Episode 2 | The Major Years

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC One | 1999 | 58'59''

Tonight looks at Black Wednesday and the damage it did to Major's leadership. Both Major and Norman Lamont speak very frankly about their roles i...

Episode 1 | The Major Years

Episode 1 | The Major Years

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC One | 1999 | 1'01'24''

The former PM talks frankly about his early years and his colleagues describe his rise to become leader of the country.

07: Age of Ambition | Seven Ages of Britain

07: Age of Ambition | Seven Ages of Britain

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC HD | 2010 | 59'24''

David Dimbleby looks at how the 20th century saw Britons upturn ancient power structures and class hierarchies.

S03E04: The Two Winstons | A History of Britain by Simon Schama

S03E04: The Two Winstons | A History of Britain by Simon Schama

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC Two | 2002 | 59'32''

Examining the 20th century through the lives of Winston Churchill and George Orwell, who both wrote about the...