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World War One Episodes

  1. Heroes at War: Walter Tull

    Ex-Northampton Town player Clarke Carlisle tells the story of Walter Tull, the first...

  2. Heroes at War: Frederick Kelly

    Two time Olympic gold medalist Steve Williams tells the story of Frederick "Clegg" and...

  3. Germany: The Waging of War

    The tank, flame throwers and Zeppelins were like nothing that had been experienced before

  4. Gavrilo Princip's Footprint

    On the sunny morning of June 28 1914, Gavrilo Princip shot dead the Archduke Ferdinand...

  5. Free Thinking - Wood and Trees: War and Remembrance

    From Paul Nash paintings of blasted tree stumps in the first world war to today's Paul...

  6. Free Thinking - The Thirty-Nine Steps

    John Buchan's The Thirty-Nine Steps first appeared in Blackwoods Magazine in August on...

  7. Free Thinking - Oh What A Lovely Savas

    'Oh what a lovely Savas' begins Rana Mitter in this edition of Free Thinking, using...

  8. Free Thinking - Balancing Power in WW1 and Now

    The First World War shattered the power balance in Europe. As we confront an uncertain...

  9. France: Heroism

    Life in the trenches during WW1 called upon new reserves of endurance and courage.

  10. Episode 3 - Forgotten Heroes, The Indian Army in the Great War

    In the third part of his documentary looking at the Asian contribution to WW1, Sarfraz...

  11. Episode 2 - Forgotten Heroes, The Indian Army in the Great War

    In the second part of his documentary looking at the Asian contribution to WW1, charts...

  12. Episode 1 - Forgotten Heroes, The Indian Army in the Great War

    Sarfraz Manzoor tells the story of the 1. 27m men from the Indian Army who fought in a...

  13. Britain: The Psychology of War

    What drove men to volunteer to fight during World War One? What drove them to the edge?

  14. Australia: The Legend of Anzac

    What role has the 'legend of Anzac' played in the hundred-year history of Australia?

  15. At Home 3 - The Spy on the Forth; Lizzie the Elephant; a Gardener Goes to War

    How a German spy raised suspicions in Edinburgh; letters home show how a gardener from...

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