Schedule

The Wheelchair President: Part 1

Re-examining the leadership of American president Franklin Roosevelt, historian David Reynolds exposes the cover-up of his failing health and explores how that impacted on the war’s endgame and his gruelling negotiations with Stalin and Churchill. Part 1 of 2.

Alexander the Great: Legendary Conqueror: Son of Zeus

Alexander’s campaign moves south as he abandons the pursuit of Darius and marches into Egypt, where he is welcomed as a liberator from Persian rule. Part 2 of 3.

Inside Japan's War: For the Sake of the Country

In a few weeks a vast empire has been created. This episode begins with Victory in Malaya and the fall of Singapore. Then the Philippines and Burma fall, and Thailand is bullied into an alliance. On the Home Front, people are rejoicing and presents are distributed to every household. But the successes create a logistical nightmare. The effect of the belligerent lack of cooperation between the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Navy is explored. Only six months after Pearl Harbor, the war begins to turn. Part 2 of 4. Ⓢ

The War: Terrible Choices

Winter to Spring 1945. On the island of Iwo Jima, the marines face 21,000 Japanese defenders who, without hope of reinforcement, have been ordered to kill as many Americans as possible before being killed themselves. Once the island is taken, Allied bombers set the cities of Japan ablaze, killing thousands and leaving millions homeless. In Europe, Americans are crossing the Rhine and driving into Germany, while the Russians are within 50 miles of Berlin. A series by Ken Burns. Part 12 of 14.

Alexander the Great: Legendary Conqueror: Son of Zeus

Alexander’s campaign moves south as he abandons the pursuit of Darius and marches into Egypt, where he is welcomed as a liberator from Persian rule. Part 2 of 3.

Inside Japan's War: For the Sake of the Country

In a few weeks a vast empire has been created. This episode begins with Victory in Malaya and the fall of Singapore. Then the Philippines and Burma fall, and Thailand is bullied into an alliance. On the Home Front, people are rejoicing and presents are distributed to every household. But the successes create a logistical nightmare. The effect of the belligerent lack of cooperation between the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Navy is explored. Only six months after Pearl Harbor, the war begins to turn. Part 2 of 4. Ⓢ

Grand Tours of the Scottish Isles: Keeping It All Together

There are seventy islands in the Orkney archipelago but just how much of a challenge is it to keep all these islands connected? To explore what keeps all these remote places together, Paul is island hopping. Part 5 of 6.

Teleshopping