Ranked #1
WW1 At Home 1 - Spies, Bravery & Acme Whistles
WW1 At Home 1 - Spies, Bravery & Acme Whistles
Three WW1 home front stories: how German spies were executed at the Tower of London, England's Bravest St & producti... Read more
28 Mar 2014
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16mins
Ranked #2
St Petersburg: Revolution
St Petersburg: Revolution
The Romanovs ruled Russia for centuries until World War One brought revolution and an abrupt end to their imperial reign... Read more
18 Oct 2014
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50mins
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The War that Changed the World: Part Two
The War that Changed the World: Part Two
The tank, gas, flame throwers, Zeppelins - the weapons of World War One were like nothing that had been experienced befo... Read more
19 Jul 2014
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50mins
Ranked #4
How Britain Went to War
How Britain Went to War
Leading Whitehall historian Peter Hennessy examines Britain's secret war planning and preparations before 1914. Drawing ... Read more
28 Jul 2014
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56mins
Ranked #5
France: Heroism
France: Heroism
Life in the trenches during World War One, amongst rats, mud, shelling, barbed wire and unprecedented numbers of dead, c... Read more
6 Dec 2014
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49mins
Ranked #6
The War That Changed The World: Istanbul - Modernity and Secularism
The War That Changed The World: Istanbul - Modernity and Secularism
Turkey emerged from the First World War as a new republic, with a secular and modern identity, attempting to break from ... Read more
8 Sep 2014
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50mins
Ranked #7
Australia: The Legend of Anzac
Australia: The Legend of Anzac
Australia's experience of WW1 is like no other country's. What role has the 'legend of Anzac' played in the hundred-year... Read more
18 Apr 2015
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50mins
Ranked #8
Month of Madness - Sarajevo
Month of Madness - Sarajevo
Prof Christopher Clark unpicks the complex sequence of events that led to the First World War. In the first programme, h... Read more
23 Jun 2014
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13mins
Ranked #9
The Great War of Words, Episode 2
The Great War of Words, Episode 2
From BBC Radio 4 Responsibility for the Great War has been a fierce battle for meaning ever since 1914.Michael Portillo ... Read more
11 Feb 2014
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42mins
Ranked #10
Month of Madness - Vienna
Month of Madness - Vienna
Christopher Clark continues to unpick the complex sequence of events leading to WW1. In this programme, how Vienna react... Read more
24 Jun 2014
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13mins
Ranked #11
Month of Madness - Berlin
Month of Madness - Berlin
Christopher Clark unpicks the complex sequence of events during the 'July Crisis' of 1914. In this programme, why German... Read more
25 Jun 2014
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13mins
Ranked #12
Nationalism The War That Changed the World
Nationalism The War That Changed the World
An epic exploration of the legacy of World War One begins with this panel and audience discussion from Sarajevo. It look... Read more
30 Jun 2014
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50mins
Ranked #13
WW1 At Home 14 - A Captain's Execution & U-boat Defences
WW1 At Home 14 - A Captain's Execution & U-boat Defences
The story of Captain Fryatt - a civilian naval officer executed by the Germans, and the Royal Navy tactic of deploying '... Read more
17 Sep 2014
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13mins
Ranked #14
Tanzania: Race and Colonial War
Tanzania: Race and Colonial War
Audrey Brown chairs a discussion on the effects of World War One in Africa. She hears the stories from African fighters,... Read more
11 Apr 2015
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50mins
Ranked #15
Month of Madness - The French in St Petersburg
Month of Madness - The French in St Petersburg
Christopher Clark continues to unpick the complex sequence of events during the 1914 'July Crisis'. In this programme, C... Read more
26 Jun 2014
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13mins
Ranked #16
Episode 1 - Forgotten Heroes, The Indian Army in the Great War
Episode 1 - Forgotten Heroes, The Indian Army in the Great War
Sarfraz Manzoor tells the story of the 1.27m men from the Indian Army who fought valiantly in the Great War, through a s... Read more
20 Aug 2014
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29mins
Ranked #17
Month of Madness - London
Month of Madness - London
Professor Christopher Clark unpicks the complex sequence of events that led to WW1. Today, how British decision-makers r... Read more
27 Jun 2014
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13mins
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Gavrilo Princip's Footprint
Gavrilo Princip's Footprint
On the sunny morning of June 28 1914, Gavrilo Princip shot dead the Archduke Ferdinand and his wife Sophie in Sarajevo. ... Read more
1 Jul 2014
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44mins
Ranked #19
Veterans: From WW1 to Afghanistan
Veterans: From WW1 to Afghanistan
Radio 1's Greg James hears from British troops who served in Afghanistan as they contrast their experiences with those w... Read more
5 Aug 2014
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59mins
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Minds at War - Battleship Potemkin
Minds at War - Battleship Potemkin
For Russians of director Sergei Eisenstein's generation, the experience of the First World War was overtaken by the revo... Read more
16 Jul 2014
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13mins