Season 1
11 episodes · 2014
1When the Whistle Blew
Rugby world cup winner Josh Lewsey tells the story of the ultimate sacrifice made by rugby and football players during the First World War and how they shaped the game as we know it today.
2The Equine Army
Saul David follows the story of hundreds of thousands of animals prepared in the West Country for the frontline.
3Royal Victoria Hospital
Shocking stories of the World War I Hampshire hospital doctors who faked footage on cures for shellshock.
4Cadburys at War
Brothers Laurence and Egbert Cadbury saw plenty of action during the First World War, but only one of them was a fighter. Former world champion boxer Richie Woodhall investigates the untold story of the chocolate king's sons, a tale full of conflict and conscience.
5The Killing Factories
How the war was won at home. Kate Adie tells the story of the women and men who produced the millions of shells needed for trench warfare.
6The Zeppelin Terror
Historian and aerial specialist Ben Robinson takes to the skies to trace the first air attacks on Britain by the Zeppelin. For the first time civilians were the targets.
7The Safe House
A century after the start of the First World War, Louise Minchin reveals the story of Dunham Massey stately home in Cheshire which was turned into a military hospital for injured Tommies.
8Despatches from Tyneside
Chris Jackson follows a community project creating a unique picture of the impact of conflict on those living and working on Tyneside with rarely-seen footage. Chris hears that Tyneside bore not just physical but deep emotional scars from World War I.
9The Trawlermen
Miranda Krestovnikoff examines the role of east coast fishermen in World War I and in particular finds out about the Grimsby trawler captain who left a Zeppelin crew to die and was accused by the Germans of being a war criminal.
10The Spies Who Loved Folkestone
Writer Anthony Horowitz learns how Folkestone became a hotbed of espionage and discovers the men, women and children who risked their lives operating as spooks during the First World War.
11Whose Side Are You On?finale
Historian Professor Jean Seaton uncovers the story of industrial conflict in Devon during World War One.