Season 1
January 27, 2014
Jeremy Paxman tells how the First World War transformed the lives of the British people.
4 Episodes
Episodes
War Comes to Britain
January 27, 2014
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.
The War Machine
February 3, 2014
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.
The Darkest Hour
February 10, 2014
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.
At the Eleventh Hour
February 17, 2014
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.
