Britain's Great War – Season 1
2014
4 Episodes
Jeremy Paxman tells how the First World War transformed the lives of the British people.
Episodes
S01E01
8.0War Comes to Britain
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.
27 Jan 201460m
S01E02
8.0The War Machine
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.
03 Feb 201460m
S01E03
8.0The Darkest Hour
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.
10 Feb 201460m
S01E04
8.0At the Eleventh Hour
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.
17 Feb 201460m