Britain's Great War

Season 1

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

Where to Watch Season 1

4 Episodes

  • War Comes to Britain
    E1
    War Comes to BritainJeremy 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
    E2
    The War MachineExplores aspects of the economic restructuring of Britain between 1915-18 to mass produce weapons and munitions, and societal changes caused by it. Focused on the ministerial and Prime Ministerial activities of David Lloyd George.
  • The Darkest Hour
    E3
    The Darkest HourJeremy describes Germany's attempt to starve the country into submission - could the Win the War Cookbook save the day? Hoarders are put on trial as newspapers expose how the rich dine out on lobsters in Mayfair.
  • At the Eleventh Hour
    E4
    At the Eleventh HourJeremy describes how the country came to the very brink of defeat in the last year of the war. Grieving parents held seances to contact their dead sons and surgeons battled to rebuild the faces of the wounded.

Cast of Season 1

  • Jeremy PaxmanSelf - Presenter

 

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