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

Operation Michael

Those who were there recall their experiences of the German Spring Offensive of 1918.

• 15 mins

The Last of the Great Aces

Airmen recall the Red Baron, Manfred von Richtofen, being shot down in April 1918.

• 15 mins

Morale and Manpower

Dan Snow looks at the fading morale of the British and Germans in the spring of 1918.

• 15 mins

Spanish Flu

Recollections of the devastating impact of the flu pandemic that hit in 1918.

• 15 mins

Enter America

Recollections of the arrival of large numbers of US troops in France in 1918.

• 15 mins

Torpedo

Brian de Courcy-Ireland recalls a torpedo strike and its aftermath

• 14 mins

Amiens

The Battle of Amiens from the point of view of those who helped to win it

• 14 mins

Open Country

Those who were there recall the rapid Allied advances of autumn 1918

• 14 mins

Mutiny in the High Seas Fleet

The final meeting of the German and Allied fleets in November 1918

• 14 mins

11 o'clock

The closing moments of the war, recalled by those who were there

• 14 mins

25/12/2018

Archive interviews with those who experienced the First World War.

• 57 mins