Gallipoli - Conditions and Evacuation

Soldiers vividly recall the terrible conditions they had to endure in Gallipoli in 1915.

• 15 mins

Home

The recollections of soldiers who returned home for a brief period of leave in 1915.

• 15 mins

U-Boats

Dan Snow hears the recollections of those who served on and were victims of German U-Boats

• 15 mins

Battle of Loos

First-hand accounts of the disastrous Battle of Loos from the BBC and IWM sound archives.

• 15 mins

Salonika

Dan Snow hears vivid accounts from those who fought in Salonika from 1915 onwards.

• 15 mins

Kut: Sand, Mud, Mirage

WWI veterans describe siege conditions, starvation and surrender in Kut-Al-Amara.

• 15 mins

Omnibus 1915 Part Two

Omnibus edition of the series covering the events of 1915, with Dan Snow.

• 57 mins

Verdun

Dan Snow brings together the sound archive collections of the Imperial War Museums and BBC

• 15 mins

Jutland

Dramatic accounts of the Battle of Jutland from the sailors who survived it.

• 15 mins

Conscientious Objectors

Those who refused to join the army when their call-up papers arrived tell their story.

• 15 mins

The Somme: From Sunrise to Zero Hour

Those who fought at the Battle of the Somme recall the build-up to the battle.

• 15 mins

The Somme: Over the Top

The first catastrophic ten minutes of the Battle of the Somme, described by survivors.

• 15 mins

Sheffield and the Somme

Dan Snow looks at the impact of the Battle of the Somme on the Sheffield pals battalion.

• 15 mins

Cowardice

The impact of a soldier's execution for cowardice in 1916 on his family.

• 15 mins

Tanks

Soldiers describe seeing tanks for the very first time on the battlefield at Flers in 1916

• 15 mins

At Rest

Soldiers describe what they got up to when they were out of the front line.

• 15 mins

After Kut

British prisoners of war recall their treatment after the end of the siege of Kut-Al-Amara

• 15 mins

Omnibus 1916 Series 2

Omnibus edition of five programmes drawing on interviews with those who survived WWI.

• 57 mins

In the Air: Bloody April

Officers of the Royal Flying Corps recall the war in the air during April 1917.

• 15 mins

French Mutinies

Dan Snow presents the story of WWI through the voices of those who were there.

• 15 mins

From Beneath: Mines at Messines

Survivors of the war describe exploding huge mines at the Messines Ridge.

• 15 mins

Rank

Soldiers and officers speak about the issue of rank and class in the British Army of 1917.

• 15 mins

Etaples Mutiny

Dan Snow hears conflicting accounts of the Etaples mutiny.

• 15 mins

Omnibus 1917

Dan Snow presents the story of WWI through the voices of those who were there.

• 57 mins

Third Ypres - Conditions

Veterans of the darkest days of the war recall the horror of the Third Battle of Ypres.

• 15 mins

Towards Passchendaele

Dan Snow maps the slow progress of the British towards Passchendaele in the autumn of 1917

• 15 mins

Passchendaele: John Palmer

Dan Snow presents the story of WWI through the voices of those who were there.

• 15 mins

The Battle of Cambrai

The beginning of the Battle of Cambrai from the point of view of members of the Tank Corps

• 15 mins

Out of It

William Towers, seriously injured at Passchendaele, describes his remarkable journey home.

• 15 mins

The Christmas Truce

An omnibus edition of five episodes spanning the course of the war from 1914 to 1917.

• 58 mins