Long Shadow

Season 1

TV-PG
The legacy of World War I is examined in depth.

3 Episodes

  • Remembering and Understanding
    E1
    Remembering and UnderstandingReynolds confronts the stereotypical view of the Great War as a futile slaughter, mired in mud and trenches, poets and poppies. To counteract this misperception, he returns to the immediate aftermath in Britain and Germany and then traces how opinions changed during the Second World War and beyond.
  • Ballots and Bullets
    E2
    Ballots and BulletsDavid Reynolds looks at how World War I gave birth to an age of turbulent mass democracy.
  • Us and Them
    E3
    Us and ThemNowhere was the legacy of the Great War more profound than in the unleashing of nationalist fervor across Europe. David Reynolds argues that the war made national identity a stark either-or issue, a matter of 'us' versus 'them.'
  • David ReynoldsHimself - Presenter
  • Russell BarnesDirector
  • Richard WheatEditor
  • Pete DavisMusic
  • James BanburyMusic

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