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As the shadow of the First World War stretched across the globe, millions of ordinary people were caught in its wake. Many of their stories have never been told. This film collects together just a few of these untold tales: the surprising revelation of the first civilian killed in the war; the extraordinary transformation of Britain into a military industrial complex and the devastating effect on the women enlisted to work in its factories; and the poignant story of a bundle of letters from a frontline soldier to a little girl back home. This moving film shows how the unfolding conflict of the First World War affected ordinary people caught up on the front line and on the Home Front.
The extraordinary story of six Auschwitz survivors, telling of their survival in the years after they left the camp, and travelling right up to the present day. Producer and director Laurence Rees has travelled extensively in order to film six survivors of Auschwitz, along with their friends and families. Together these sequences, filmed in Jerusalem and Chicago, London and Bavaria, Krakow and Tel Aviv, build into a compelling portrait of the problems, challenges and triumphs that six different individuals have experienced since the war as a result of their time in Auschwitz. These interviews attempt to answer one of the most profound questions of the Holocaust – what is the human legacy of the crime?
After Auschwitz is a 'Post-Holocaust' documentary that follows six extraordinary women, capturing what it means to move from tragedy and trauma towards life. These women all moved to Los Angeles, married, raised children and became 'Americans', yet never truly found a place to call home. Having lived through America in the second half of the 20th century, they serve as our guides on an unbelievable journey, sometimes celebratory, sometimes heartbreaking, but always inspiring. In a time when empathy and connection to one another seem to be in limited supply, this programme provides a much needed antidote, using lessons from the past to address answers for the future.
Master the perfect grilled steak using a range of savvy grilling techniques. Leading off is a thick dry-brined New York strip with luscious anchovy crema. Tender quick-cooking lamb steaks come with herb-scented Moroccan charmoula. Accompany one or both with the ultimate baked potato - accordion-cut Hasselbacks from Sweden. In the field trip, chef Curtis Stone grills an 80 day-aged rib steak over a wood fire at Gwen Butcher Shop and Restaurant in LA. Part 2 of 12.
Learn how animals use all sorts of strategies to protect their families and food from marauders. Part 4 of 12.
The Imperial War Museum holds an extraordinary treasure trove of First World War eyewitness testimony. Filmed 50 years ago for the BBC’s landmark series The Great War, only a tiny fraction of this footage ever made it to air. This programme delves into this vault of powerful, personal interviews with soldiers and civilians, enabling their voices to be heard for the first time. This poignant film brings the conflict to vivid and shocking new life: from the horrors of artillery bombardment and the anguish of young men forced to become killers, to fleeting outbreaks of peace on the battlefield, and the heartbreaking stories of the women on the home front who lost those closest to them. This is the Great War as visceral, lived experience, with eyewitnesses still spry, alert and passionate. Finally, they are given their chance to speak directly to us across time.
In 1914 women all over Europe were experiencing the impact of a war that reached into every corner of people’s lives. In Britain, war came to the Home Front and in doing so ushered in a seismic shift in the lives of women far from the front line of battle, and this fascinating programme is filled with examples of women from all walks of life, every class and every corner of Britain, and their contributions to the war effort – in the factories, the banks, pulpits and even football pitches. This is their story and shows how, ultimately, victory lay not just in leaving the traditional confines of their lives behind and shouldering responsibility as never before, but culminated in women gaining the vote. The Enfranchisement Bill passed on 6 February 1918 can be attributed to Britain’s wartime women fighting on the Home Front.
John Philip Holland was the Irish-born inventor of the modern submarine. A mild-mannered teacher, he created one of the most formidable modern weapons of war. An Irish patriot and self-taught genius whose first working submarines were funded by Irish revolutionaries, he later developed the first US and British submarines. However, his remarkable invention was exploited by US corporate interests, and his personal legacy was undermined and forgotten… until now. This programme delves into the archives to piece together his story - and that of his remarkable invention.
Greece has more coastline than any other nation on earth, and from its earliest history, the islands have been part of a network of communities that spanned the Aegean and Mediterranean seas. Michael Scott welcomes us to the island of Syros. Here is the Bay of Grammata, only reachable by boat. This island was always a major trading port and once again the Venetians were here from the time of the Fourth Crusade in 1204. From here we travel to many of the regions iconic islands such as Santorini, Milos, Mykonos, Naxos and Paros, before finishing on the island of Tinos. Part 4 of 5.
