Preview – Dan Cruickshank’s Monuments of Remembrance
Remembrance Day has been and gone but there are still programmes coming out about it.
World War One
Preview – Remembrance Day
Today finally marks the 100th anniversary of the end what was meant to be the war to end all wars.
Preview – WWI: the Final Hours
As we approach the 11th November, this partly-dramatised documentary looks at the negotiations that finally brought the end to the … [ Read More ]
Preview – Captain Jack and the Furious Few
It sounds like the name of an old war film, but this is the true story of Britain’s first aircraft … [ Read More ]
Preview – WWI: the Last Tommies
Airing over three nights, this series features archive interviews with some of the last British veterans of the First World … [ Read More ]
Preview – 100 Days to Victory
As we approach the 100th anniversary of the Armistice, this docudrama follows the events that ultimately helped bring the First … [ Read More ]
MP argues for “Mum’s Army” sitcom set during World War One
Labour MP Ian Murray has called for the BBC to reboot classic sitcom Dad’s Army in order to celebrate women … [ Read More ]
Preview – Great War Horses
While we all know how people suffered during World War One, we forgot about the other forms of suffering, such … [ Read More ]
Preview – World War One Remembered: Passchendaele
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of Passchendaele (aka the Third Battle of Ypres), one … [ Read More ]
Preview – The First World War
The last months of the Great War were as destructive as the years of entrenched stalemate had been. Germany’s spring … [ Read More ]
The Water Diviner
2015 marks the centenary of the fateful WWI Gallipoli campaign in which tens of thousands of ANZAC, British and countless more Turkish … [ Read More ]
A Defence of “The Blackadder View of History”
Earlier this year there was debate sparked between historians, politicians, journalists and entertainers about the historical accuracy of Blackadder Goes … [ Read More ]
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TV Films of the Week
FILM OF THE WEEK: Paths of Glory Saturday September 6, ITV4, 4:10pm Last month marked 100 years since Britain entered … [ Read More ]
