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Benedict Cumberbatch and Louise Brealey read a love story in letters, played out against the backdrop of the Second World War. aglow, alive, alert at the thought that you are in the same world, and by... Meer

A unique collection of historic recordings in which the last brutal encounters of the war and the mixed emotions of the armistice are remembered by troops from both sides. For the Germans, the mood wa... Meer

From the Russian Revolution to America's declaration of war and the lasting horror of Passchendaele, this unique collection of historic recordings contains the voices of those who were there. Survivor... Meer

General Stanley McChrystal, commander of international and US forces in Afghanistan, was living large, with staff calling him a 'rock star.' Meer

Berlin 1941. Marie Jalowicz Simon, a nineteen-year-old Jewish woman, makes an extraordinary decision. Meer

Sir Robert Peel creates the Metropolitan Police and slavery is abolished in the British Empire. 1837-1901: The Age of Victoria Victoria's 64-year reign encompasses huge social changes; Meer

Eight members of the SAS regiment embark upon a top secret mission to infiltrate deep behind enemy lines. It is a breathtaking account of Special Forces soldiering: an action-packed chronicle of super... Meer

A concise history of the origins of the 'war to end all wars' Meer

The Sunday Times Number 1 Bestseller `A fabulous story, superbly told ... cannot be bettered' Max Hastings `Some battles change nothing. Waterloo changed almost everything.' Meer

Eyewitness accounts from the BBC Archive are at the heart of this unique history of the first half of the 20th Century, narrated by Tim Pigott-Smith. Meer

A selection of the powerful and poignant wartime letters of Vera Brittain and her friends.`If war spares me,' wrote Vera Brittain to her brother Edward in 1916, `it will be my one aim to immortalise i... Meer

First-hand accounts by those who planned and took part in the Normandy landings, and eyewitness reports from BBC correspondents travelling with the troops on 6 June 1944. Meer

In March 2003, M Squadron was sent 1,000 kilometres behind enemy lines on a true mission impossible, to take the surrender of the 100,000-strong Iraqi Army 5th Corps. From the very start their tasking... Meer

Based on the recently discovered diaries of Lionel Logue How One Man Saved the British Monarchy The book behind the Oscar-winning film, starring Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush Meer

A unique collection of historic recordings covering the events of 1915, from the first Zeppelin raids to the ultimate failure at Gallipoli. Whether helpless during a poison gas attack, or pinned down... Meer