Britain's Great War
Britain's Great War: Season 1

Air Date

January 27, 2014

Episodes

4 episodes

Britain's Great War

Season 1

Overview

Jeremy Paxman tells how the First World War transformed the lives of the British people.

Episodes

War Comes to Britain

1. War Comes to Britain

8.0
January 27, 2014
60 min

Jeremy Paxman presents a four-part documentary charting how the First World War affected Great Britain, with this episode focusing on the war's early stages.

The War Machine

2. The War Machine

8.0
February 3, 2014
60 min

Series charting how the First World War affected Britain. With the country unprepared for war, the whole population is enlisted to turn Britain into a war machine.

The Darkest Hour

3. The Darkest Hour

8.0
February 10, 2014
60 min

Series charting how the First World War affected Britain. How Germany's attempts to starve Britain into submission edged the nation closer to defeat than ever.

At the Eleventh Hour

4. At the Eleventh Hour

8.0
February 17, 2014
60 min

Series charting how the First World War affected Britain. Jeremy Paxman describes how the country came to the very brink of defeat in the last year of the war.