Hitler, Stalin and Mr Jones | Storyville

Hitler, Stalin and Mr Jones | Storyville

History | BBC Four | 2012 | 1'20'54''

An investigation into the mysterious death of Welsh journalist Gareth Jones, who revealed the starvation deaths of millions in 1930s...

05: Stalin | Walden on Villains

05: Stalin | Walden on Villains

History | BBC Two | 1999 | 28'55''

A look at Joseph Stalin , leader of Soviet Russia and the biggest mass murderer in history, who ordered the deaths of 22 million people but w...

04: Vengeance | War of the Century

04: Vengeance | War of the Century

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 1999 | 47'56''

Summer 1944: the seeds of Soviet victory are sown when Germany suffers huge casualties against Stalin's troops in Byelorussia. When, in Ap...

03: Learning to Win | War of the Century

03: Learning to Win | War of the Century

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 1999 | 48'56''

An examination of the Battle of Stalingrad, one of the most horrific engagements in the history of warfare where, in 1942, the exhau...

02: Spiral of Terror | War of the Century

02: Spiral of Terror | War of the Century

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 1999 | 47'13''

First-hand testimony recalls the bloodshed of the Battle for Moscow, where many Soviet citizens perished as a result of their own l...

01: High Hopes | War of the Century

01: High Hopes | War of the Century

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 1999 | 47'41''

A four-part breakdown of the reasons behind, and course of, the bloody war between Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Soviet Union, which resu...

World War Two: 1941 and the Man of Steel

World War Two: 1941 and the Man of Steel

History | BBC Four | 2011 | 1'29'13''

Travelling to Russian battlefields and using original telegrams and official documents, David Reynolds reassesses Stalin's role in t...

Khrushchev – the Peasant Premier | Timewatch

Khrushchev – the Peasant Premier | Timewatch

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 1994 | 59'07''

In the centenary year of his birth, and using previously unseen home movies, this film explores the contradictions of the ...

Who Killed Stalin? | Timewatch

Who Killed Stalin? | Timewatch

History | BBC Two | 2005 | 48'13''

Russia's brutal dictator fell into a coma in 1953. Many wanted him dead. So who was responsible? Simon Sebag Montefiore visits Moscow to meet ...

Stalin’s Back | This World

Stalin’s Back | This World

History | BBC Two | 2009 | 58'57''

Reporter John Sweeney travels more than 5000 miles through the old Soviet Union, from Stalin's birthplace in Georgia to a former labour camp...

Growth of Stalin’s terror | Stalin: Inside the Terror

Growth of Stalin’s terror | Stalin: Inside the Terror

History | BBC Four | 2004 | 31'30''

After Lenin's death, Stalin seizes control of the funeral and uses the occasion to sideline Trotsky, consolidatin...

Gulag

Gulag

History | BBC Two | 1999 | 3'00'04''

Documentary examining Stalin's Gulag. Between the October Revolution and Stalin's death in 1953, millions of people died in the camps. The film explores the Gulag lega...

Mr Jones

Mr Jones

History | BBC Two | 2023 | 1'51'39''

In 1933, suspicious of Russia's miraculous resurgence under Stalin, Gareth Jones escapes Moscow's decadence and discovers Ukraine's desperation. However, it is not ...

How the Holocaust Began

How the Holocaust Began

Germany 20th Century | BBC Two | 2023 | 59'25''

Historian James Bulgin reveals the origins of the Holocaust in the German invasion of the Soviet Union, exploring the mass murder, collaboration and ...

09: Stalingrad | The World at War

09: Stalingrad | The World at War

Germany 20th Century | ITV | 1973 | 51'31''

After initial successes, Hitler's invasion of Russia is decisively stopped at Stalingrad.

01: Stalin and the Modernisation of Russia | Twentieth Century History

01: Stalin and the Modernisation of Russia | Twentieth Century History

History | BBC One | 1977 | 19'30''

A schools feature about the dictatorship of Joseph Stalin, who turned Russia into an industrial powerh...

S02E03: The Home Front | Rise of the Nazis

S02E03: The Home Front | Rise of the Nazis

Germany 20th Century | BBC Two | 2022 | 59'20''

Facing defeat on the Eastern Front, Hitler retreats, and his inner circle vies for power. The resistance gets a student voice, and...

S02E02: Stalingrad | Rise of the Nazis

S02E02: Stalingrad | Rise of the Nazis

Germany 20th Century | BBC Two | 2022 | 59'12''

The Nazis have lost in Moscow. Hitler and Stalin take charge of their armies - with no-one to hold them back. In Stalin, Hitler has me...

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 Soviets: 03: Stalin Takes Control | History File

The Soviets: 03: Stalin Takes Control | History File

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

This programmeramme covers Stalin.

Stalin: Inside the Terror

Stalin: Inside the Terror

History | BBC Four | 2004 | 1'28'32''

Documentary that uncovers the private and family life of the Soviet dictator. Using reconstructions, it also attempts to discover Stalin's motives ...

Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution

Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution

History | BBC Two | 2017 | 59'25''

The story of Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin over the 245 days that brought them to power. As the history unfolds, writers and historians deba...

07: After Stalin: 1953-1956 | Cold War

07: After Stalin: 1953-1956 | Cold War

Germany 20th Century | BBC Two | 1998 | 46'27''

Nikita Khrushchev becomes Soviet leader after the death of Stalin. Khrushchev rolls back a number of oppressive measures that existed ...
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