What Happened at Chernobyl | What Happened at..?

What Happened at Chernobyl | What Happened at..?

History | BBC One | 2025 | 29'43''

Jordan Dunbar travels to Chernobyl to explore events that caused the world's worst nuclear disaster and to understand what w...

12: The Leningrad Sphinx | Comrades

12: The Leningrad Sphinx | Comrades

History | BBC Two | 1986 | 44'19''

The last of the 12 Comrades is Dinara Asanova , one of Leningrad's top film directors. For the party bosses cinema is a tool of socialist...

11: Baltic Chic | Comrades

11: Baltic Chic | Comrades

History | BBC Two | 1986 | 39'59''

Krista Kajandu is the chief designer at the Tallinn Fashion House in the Soviet Republic of Estonia. For most of the time Krista and her team have...

10: Master of Samarkand | Comrades

10: Master of Samarkand | Comrades

History | BBC Two | 1986 | 38'54''

Just across the border from Afghanistan, 54-year-old Abdugaffar Khakkulov restores ancient Samarkand's mosques and minarets. By insisting ...

09: Sumgait Strikers | Comrades

09: Sumgait Strikers | Comrades

History | BBC Two | 1986 | 39'47''

Ragim Magerramov is the trainer of the strikers at the Lenin Pipe Rolling Mill - on the pitch, that is, not the picket line. For despite the ...

08: Office on the Pacific | Comrades

08: Office on the Pacific | Comrades

History | BBC Two | 1986 | 41'01''

Nakhodka lies at the end of the Trans-Siberian Railway, 6,000 miles and seven time zones from Moscow. At 33, Tatyana Naumova is Town Cou...

07: Hunter and Son | Comrades

07: Hunter and Son | Comrades

History | BBC Two | 1985 | 39'57''

Mikhail Kuzakov and his son Yuri live and work in the Taiga forest hunting the Siberian sable at temperatures down to minus 40 degrees C. The s...

06: Doctor in Moscow | Comrades

06: Doctor in Moscow | Comrades

History | BBC Two | 1985 | 39'11''

Svyatoslav Nikolaevich Fyodorov is a world-renowned eye surgeon and a member of the Soviet elite. Director of the Moscow Research Institute o...

05: October Harvest | Comrades

05: October Harvest | Comrades

History | BBC Two | 1985 | 39'22''

Mariya Kulinich is 78; she has lived in the same peasant village through revolution, civil war, famine and Stalin's collectivisation programme...

04: The Trial of Tamara Russo | Comrades

04: The Trial of Tamara Russo | Comrades

History | BBC Two | 1985 | 39'34''

Lyubov Bubulich and Tamara Russo do not mix in the same circles although they are of an age and live in the same small provincial to...

03: All That Jazz | Comrades

03: All That Jazz | Comrades

History | BBC Two | 1985 | 43'20''

Sergei Kuryokhin is a jazz rock musician living in Leningrad. For 18 months the BBC asked for official permission to film Kuryokhin and were rep...

02: War and Peace | Comrades

02: War and Peace | Comrades

History | BBC Two | 1985 | 44'57''

Like almost all Soviet 18-year-olds Valera Krylov must now do his national service - two years in the Red Army, 1,000 miles from home. The film ...

01: Educating Rita | Comrades

01: Educating Rita | Comrades

History | BBC Two | 1985 | 42'55''

Rita Tikhonova is 21; she lives in Moscow, sharing a small flat about a mile from the Kremlin. She spent last year training to be a teacher. Th...

02: Sceptics | Goodbye Comrades

02: Sceptics | Goodbye Comrades

History | BBC Two | 1992 | 46'36''

In 1985 Sergei played jazz in Leningrad but was banned from performing in public. He is now a TV and film star. Krista designed clothes in Ta...

01: True Believers | Goodbye Comrades

01: True Believers | Goodbye Comrades

History | BBC Two | 1992 | 49'09''

In 1984, Rita taught in a Moscow school, Tatyana was a Communist Party official in the Far East, and Lyuba was a People's Judge in Mold...

The Soviet Union’s Last Stand

The Soviet Union’s Last Stand

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Four | 2007 | 58'58''

Documentary telling the inside story of Communist hardliners' failed attempts to seize power from Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev, whi...

03: Geneva 1985 | Summits

03: Geneva 1985 | Summits

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Four | 2008 | 59'13''

David Reynolds uncovers the story of three summit meetings that shaped the modern world. He sees how Reagan and Gorbachev helped ensure a peaceful ...

02: Vienna 1961 | Summits

02: Vienna 1961 | Summits

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Four | 2008 | 59'13''

David Reynolds uncovers the story of three summit meetings that shaped the modern world. How Kennedy and Khrushchev's meeting in Vienna in 1961 nea...

Moscow 1980: The Cold War Olympics

Moscow 1980: The Cold War Olympics

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Four | 2008 | 29'22''

Steve Cram recalls how the Moscow Olympics of 1980 came to symbolise the intensity of the Cold War. As politics and sport collided head on...

S02E06: Yuri Gagarin’s Flight | Days That Shook the World

S02E06: Yuri Gagarin’s Flight | Days That Shook the World

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2004 | 30'08''

Yuri Gagarin's journey as the first man in space.

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

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

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2004 | 30'13''

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

S02E09: Spy swap of Abel, Pryor and Powers | Days That Shook the World

S02E09: Spy swap of Abel, Pryor and Powers | Days That Shook the World

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2004 | 28'54''

This program focuses on the exchange of pilot Gary Powers and Soviet spy Colonel Abel in 1962.

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 Soviets: 05: Stalin and the Bomb | History File

The Soviets: 05: Stalin and the Bomb | History File

History | BBC Two | 1999 | 24'07''

This programme looks at the Cold War.

The Soviets: 04: Life Under Stalin | History File

The Soviets: 04: Life Under Stalin | History File

History | BBC Two | 1999 | 24'03''

This programme looks at the Cold War.

The Cold War: 05: Evil Empire 1980’s | History File

The Cold War: 05: Evil Empire 1980’s | History File

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2000 | 23'35''

Compilation of secondary schools programme about the Cold War, featuring Berlin Crisis, Hungarian Uprising, rise of...

The Cold War: 04: Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 | History File

The Cold War: 04: Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 | History File

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2000 | 23'12''

Compilation of secondary schools programme about the Cold War, featuring Berlin Crisis, Hungarian Uprising, rise o...

The Cold War: 03: U2 and the Arms Race 1956-60 | History File

The Cold War: 03: U2 and the Arms Race 1956-60 | History File

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2000 | 23'14''

Compilation of secondary schools programme about the Cold War, featuring Berlin Crisis, Hungarian Uprising, ris...

The Cold War: 02: Hungary 1956 | History File

The Cold War: 02: Hungary 1956 | History File

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2000 | 23'41''

Compilation of secondary schools programme about the Cold War, featuring Berlin Crisis, Hungarian Uprising, rise of Soviet lead...

The Cold War: 01: Berlin 1945-48 | History File

The Cold War: 01: Berlin 1945-48 | History File

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2000 | 23'40''

Compilation of secondary schools programme about the Cold War, featuring Berlin Crisis, Hungarian Uprising, rise of Soviet le...

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...

The Engines That Came In From The Cold | Equinox

The Engines That Came In From The Cold | Equinox

Conflict and Warfare | Channel 4 | 2001 | 50'14''

The program follows the journey of surplus state-of-the-art Russian rocket engines, saved from destruction 20 years ago in d...

S08E05: Mutiny – The True Story Of The Red October | Secret History

S08E05: Mutiny – The True Story Of The Red October | Secret History

Conflict and Warfare | Channel 4 | 2000 | 50'01''

The true story of the Russian submarine crew who planned to start a revolution in 1975.

S04E06: Konkordski | Secret History

S04E06: Konkordski | Secret History

Conflict and Warfare | Channel 4 | 1996 | 50'03''

Documentary revealing the truth behind the crash of the Soviet supersonic passenger jet at the Paris Air Show in 1974.

11: 1945: Brave New World | People’s Century

11: 1945: Brave New World | People’s Century

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 1996 | 53'35''

Despite being allies against Hitler, disagreement and rivalry soon break out between the Soviet Union and the West, leadin...

21: Spies: 1944-1994 | Cold War

21: Spies: 1944-1994 | Cold War

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 1998 | 46'27''

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

08: Sputnik: 1949-1961 | Cold War

08: Sputnik: 1949-1961 | Cold War

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 1998 | 46'26''

As a consequence of the atomic spies, the Soviet Union joined the nuclear club, and the two superpowers compete to develop their nuclear ar...

06: Reds: 1948-1953 | Cold War

06: Reds: 1948-1953 | Cold War

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 1998 | 46'27''

The fears the leadership of both sides had were projected inwards towards their own people. In the United States the House Committee on Un-Ame...

01: Comrades: 1917-1945 | Cold War

01: Comrades: 1917-1945 | Cold War

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 1998 | 46'26''

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

Learning Zone | Strange Days: Cold War Britain

Learning Zone | Strange Days: Cold War Britain

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2014 | 29'14''

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

Two Tribes | Strange Days: Cold War Britain

Two Tribes | Strange Days: Cold War Britain

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2013 | 59'08''

Dominic Sandbrook examines the Cold War years. In the 1970s and '80s, as the end of the world seemed a real possibility, everythi...

The Looking Glass War | Strange Days: Cold War Britain

The Looking Glass War | Strange Days: Cold War Britain

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2013 | 59'00''

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

Red Dawn | Strange Days: Cold War Britain

Red Dawn | Strange Days: Cold War Britain

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2013 | 59'06''

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

History | GCSE Bitesize Revision

History | GCSE Bitesize Revision

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2011 | 1'29'24''

This GCSE Bitesize special tells the story of Modern History using archive film and action figures, and shows the horror of medieval surgery...

Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster | Surviving Disaster

Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster | Surviving Disaster

Conflict and Warfare | BBC One | 2006 | 59'35''

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...

The decision for British athletes | Moscow 1980: The Cold War Olympics

The decision for British athletes | Moscow 1980: The Cold War Olympics

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2008 | 1'59''

British athletes recall facing the decision on whether to attend the games.

Boycott by the United States | Moscow 1980: The Cold War Olympics

Boycott by the United States | Moscow 1980: The Cold War Olympics

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2008 | 3'06''

As politics and sport collided head on, athletes faced tough dilemmas.

Moscow 1980: The Cold War Olympics | Moscow 1980: The Cold War Olympics

Moscow 1980: The Cold War Olympics | Moscow 1980: The Cold War Olympics

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2008 | 2'58''

Steve Cram recalls how the Moscow Olympics of 1980 came to symbolise the intensity of the Cold War.