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Teleshopping

Everest: The South West Face

In 1975, an expedition led by Chris Bonington set out to achieve the impossible. To climb the South West Face of Everest, and put the very first British Mountaineers on her summit. In the face of overwhelming odds, dwindling oxygen supplies, freezing Jet Stream winds, avalanche, frostbite, widespread public negativity and the press reporting that failure was almost inevitable - a British team succeeded - where all others had failed.

The War: A Deadly Calling

January 1944 to June 1944. American and British troops are pinned down at Anzio for months, while at Monte Cassino, the killing goes on and on. African-Americans, incensed at the segregation of the armed forces, put pressure on the military to make some changes. In May, allied soldiers at Cassino and Anzio resume their drive northward in Italy, liberating Rome on 4 June, but they let the retreating German army get away. A series by Ken Burns. Part 6 of 14.

The Vietnam War: Things Fall Apart (January 1968-July 1968)

On the eve of the Tet holiday, North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces launch surprise attacks on cities and military bases throughout the South, suffering devastating losses but casting grave doubt on Johnson’s promise that there is “light at the end of the tunnel.” The President decides not to run again, and America is rocked by assassinations and unrest. Part 6 of 10.