A Woman in Love And War: Vera Brittain - "In 1914 Vera Brittain was young, in love and preparing to study at Oxford. She was at the heart of an intense friendship that bound five youngsters (four young men and Vera) together, full of ambition and excitement. Four years later, her life and the life of her whole generation had changed unimaginably. The war saw her companions killed. As a volunteer nurse in London and on the Front she witnessed horrors that turned her idealistic passion for a 'just war' to dust. This is the story of the First World War as seen through a woman's eyes."
Wilfred Owen: A Remembrance Tale - " Jeremy Paxman presents a docudrama about tragic WW1 poet Wilfred Owen, telling the poignant tale of his life from a childhood in Shropshire and northern England to his travels in pre-war France. Paxman visits the sites of the battles in which he fought and died, and there are reconstructions from Owen's experience in the trenches and in hospital, when he was writing most intensely."
WWII: Behind Closed Doors - New 6-part documentary series using dramatic reconstructions and testimony from witnesses to reveal the 'behind closed doors' politics of the Second World War. Episode 1 looks at the secret history of the non-aggression pact between Hitler and Stalin.
Not Forgotten: the Men Who Wouldn't Fight - "In this special edition of Not Forgotten, journalist and broadcaster Ian Hislop explores the compelling and emotive stories of conscientious objectors during the First World War. Ian visits war memorials and the battlefields of the Western Front, and looks for evidence in local archives and personal war diaries to inspire his search for stories. He meets the descendants of some of the ‘Conchies’ and hears how they have dealt with the social stigma of their relatives’ refusal to fight...."
Horizon: How Mad Are You? - "For the first in a new series Horizon has drawn together ten volunteers for an extraordinary test. Five are 'normal' and the other five have been officially diagnosed as mentally ill. This programme asks - can you tell who is who? And where does the line between sanity and madness lie."
The Words of War - "To commemorate ninety years since the end of the Great War, letters, diaries and poems depicting first-hand accounts of life in the trenches are read by serving soldiers, relatives and public figures. Interwoven with archive images of the war, the accounts tell of the optimism felt in 1914, the horrors of trench warfare, and of Europe's exhausted armistice four years later."
Oceans - New 8-part series on BBC2. "A team of intrepid divers explore the oceans of planet earth... The Oceans dive team travel the globe from the Southern Ocean to the Arctic Ocean unravelling the secrets of the depths."
Secrets of Eygypt: Screaming Man - 8 part series - "In the first episode, scientists attempt to unravel the mystery of a 3,000-yearold ‘screaming’ mummy. The man was recovered from a tomb devoid of the usual trappings of Egyptian burial, with his features locked in a screaming expression. Who was this man and what does his fate reveal about the ancient Egyptian attitude to the afterlife?"
Beeching's Tracks - New 6-part series "Crane's Trains and Automobiles.
Nicholas Crane explores what happened to Norfolk's railways 45 years ago when many of the county's branch lines were closed after the Beeching Report, and he learns of an ambitious plan to build an orbital railway by reinstating some of those axed lines."
Walter Tull: Forgotten Hero - "Walter Tull was a pioneering black British footballer and the first black officer in the British Army. He died heroically fighting in the First World War, and yet almost no one has heard of him. Former EastEnders star Nick Bailey has long been obsessed by the incredible story of this forgotten black British hero. In this programme, Nick investigates war records to establish whether there was a colour bar in the British Army and asks how Walter managed to become an officer, despite Army regulations requiring only men "of pure European descent". Nick also examines why Lieutenant Tull was denied a Military Cross for heroism, despite the fact that his commanding officer recommended him for one. "
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