Britain's Great War

2014 - 2014

War Comes to Britain

27th January 2014

Episode 1

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

3rd February 2014

Episode 2

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

10th February 2014

Episode 3

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

17th February 2014

Episode 4

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.

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In a landmark history series, Jeremy Paxman describes how the First World War transformed the lives of the British people, and helped shape modern Britain.

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