Schedule

The Wheelchair President: Part 2

Weaving together the epic of FDR’s leadership in World War II with the tangled stories of the women who sustained him in his last years, Reynolds explores how the President was racing to shape the future before his past caught up with him. Part 2 of 2.

Alexander the Great: Legendary Conqueror: The Master of Asia

As Alexander moves deeper into Persia, he confronts the final unravelling of Darius’ power and the political consequences of the king’s death. Part 3 of 3.

Inside Japan's War: The Sun That Shines

This episode turns its attention to the experience in the occupied territories; the various puppet governments, resistance and attempts at guerrilla warfare. The treatment of POWs is examined. The political influence of the industrial and financial elite is ongoing. There is a growing awareness of the truth in the Japanese population - domestic propaganda begins to contradict lived experience. Japanese industry fails to keep pace with the demands of the military. Allied victories begin to draw in the net. Part 3 of 4. Ⓢ

The War: A Long Tough Road

Spring 1945. In the Pacific, Americans fight on the island of Okinawa while kamikaze pilots wreak havoc on the fleet offshore. In Europe, allied forces rapidly push across Germany from the east and west, and American and British troops discover the true horrors of the Nazis' industrialised barbarism at Buchenwald, Dachau, Mauthausen and other concentration camps. Finally, on 8 May, with their country in ruins and their Fuhrer dead, the Germans surrender. A series by Ken Burns. Part 13 of 14.

Alexander the Great: Legendary Conqueror: The Master of Asia

As Alexander moves deeper into Persia, he confronts the final unravelling of Darius’ power and the political consequences of the king’s death. Part 3 of 3.

Inside Japan's War: The Sun That Shines

This episode turns its attention to the experience in the occupied territories; the various puppet governments, resistance and attempts at guerrilla warfare. The treatment of POWs is examined. The political influence of the industrial and financial elite is ongoing. There is a growing awareness of the truth in the Japanese population - domestic propaganda begins to contradict lived experience. Japanese industry fails to keep pace with the demands of the military. Allied victories begin to draw in the net. Part 3 of 4. Ⓢ

Grand Tours of the Scottish Isles: Atlantic Twins

This final episode sees Paul visiting two of the most windswept islands on our stormy coast, the 'Atlantic Twins' of Coll and Tiree. Part 6 of 6.

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