World War One

World War One

75 episodes

The events of the first truly global war and its devastating and far reaching impact.


Podcasts

USA: Isolationism

Published: June 27, 2015, 5:30 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 1 second

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Germany: The Waging of War

Published: June 26, 2015, 7:45 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 4 seconds

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Sarajevo: Nationalism

Published: June 26, 2015, 1:14 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 5 seconds

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Jordan: Redrawing the Middle East

Published: June 22, 2015, 2:49 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 53 seconds

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Britain: The Psychology of War

Published: April 30, 2015, 5:34 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 5 seconds

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Australia: The Legend of Anzac

Published: April 18, 2015, 6:30 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 1 second

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Tanzania: Race and Colonial War

Published: April 11, 2015, 5:30 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 3 seconds

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France: Heroism

Published: Dec. 6, 2014, 7:05 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 59 seconds

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WW1 At Home 20 - The Baghdadi Jews & a Terrier on Zeppelin watch

Published: Nov. 13, 2014, 5:53 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 24 seconds

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India: Imperialism

Published: Nov. 8, 2014, 7:05 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 3 seconds

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WW1 At Home 19 - Tank Trials & Making Jam for the Frontline

Published: Oct. 23, 2014, 1:20 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 24 seconds

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Soldiers of the Empire 2/2 The Fight in Fairyland

Published: Oct. 22, 2014, 10 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 15 seconds

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Soldiers of the Empire Recruitment & Resistance

Published: Oct. 20, 2014, 12:31 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 50 seconds

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St Petersburg: Revolution

Published: Oct. 18, 2014, 5:05 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes

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WW1 At Home 18 - R&R for American Volunteers & a Bristol Love Song

Published: Oct. 16, 2014, 3:25 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 54 seconds

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Keep the Home Fires Burning

Published: Oct. 11, 2014, 5:30 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 4 seconds

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WW1 At Home 17 - The Sikh Contribution & the Merseyside Ferries

Published: Oct. 10, 2014, 4:15 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 28 seconds

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Episode 3 - Forgotten Heroes, The Indian Army in the Great War

Published: Oct. 9, 2014, 3:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 2 seconds

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WW1 At Home 16 - The Chilwell Explosion & a Wartime Entertainer

Published: Oct. 2, 2014, 5:15 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 13 seconds

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WW1 At Home 15 - Pilot Hero Mick Mannock & Flora Sandes' Enlistment

Published: Sept. 24, 2014, 12:22 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 37 seconds

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WW1 At Home 14 - A Captain's Execution & U-boat Defences

Published: Sept. 17, 2014, 12:30 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 9 seconds

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The War That Changed The World: Istanbul - Modernity and Secularism

Published: Sept. 8, 2014, 11:28 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 2 seconds

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Episode 2 - Forgotten Heroes, The Indian Army in the Great War

Published: Aug. 21, 2014, 3:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 2 seconds

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Episode 1 - Forgotten Heroes, The Indian Army in the Great War

Published: Aug. 20, 2014, 3:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 2 seconds

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Heroes at War: Frederick Kelly

Published: Aug. 13, 2014, 3:30 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 4 seconds

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Heroes at War: Walter Tull

Published: Aug. 12, 2014, 3:30 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 19 seconds

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Veterans: From WW1 to Afghanistan

Published: Aug. 5, 2014, 3:30 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 38 seconds

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Women's lives on the Home Front

Published: Aug. 4, 2014, 3:30 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 31 seconds

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WW1 At Home 13 - Sikh Soldiers & Pilot Heroes

Published: Aug. 3, 2014, 2:10 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 29 seconds

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How Britain Went to War

Published: July 28, 2014, 3:30 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 46 seconds

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The War that Changed the World: Part Two

Published: July 19, 2014, 5:06 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 2 seconds

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Minds at War - The Grieving Parents

Published: July 19, 2014, 3:30 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 38 seconds

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Minds at War - The Broken Wing

Published: July 18, 2014, 3:30 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 48 seconds

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Minds at War - Fighting France

Published: July 17, 2014, 3:30 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 3 seconds

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Minds at War - Battleship Potemkin

Published: July 16, 2014, 3:30 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 41 seconds

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Minds at War - Le Feu

Published: July 15, 2014, 3:30 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 46 seconds

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Minds at War - Thoughts for the Times on War and Death

Published: July 14, 2014, 3:30 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 35 seconds

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Minds at War - The Memorandum on the Neglect of Science

Published: July 9, 2014, 3:30 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 49 seconds

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Minds at War - Der Krieg

Published: July 8, 2014, 3:30 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 50 seconds

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Minds at War - Non-Combatants and Others

Published: July 7, 2014, 3:30 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 36 seconds

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Minds at War - Paths of Glory

Published: July 6, 2014, 3:30 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 40 seconds

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Free Thinking - Oh What A Lovely Savas

Published: July 5, 2014, 3:30 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 52 seconds

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Free Thinking - Wood and Trees: War and Remembrance

Published: July 4, 2014, 3:30 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 16 seconds

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Free Thinking - Balancing Power in WW1 and Now

Published: July 3, 2014, 3:30 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 50 seconds

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Free Thinking - The Thirty-Nine Steps

Published: July 2, 2014, 3:30 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 45 seconds

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Gavrilo Princip's Footprint

Published: July 1, 2014, 3:30 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 21 seconds

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Sound of Cinema - The First World War

Published: June 30, 2014, 3:30 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 4 seconds

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Nationalism The War That Changed the World

Published: June 30, 2014, 10:59 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 1 second

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Music Matters - The Legacy of WW1 in Music

Published: June 29, 2014, 9 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 25 seconds

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Month of Madness - London

Published: June 27, 2014, 9 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 45 seconds

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Month of Madness - The French in St Petersburg

Published: June 26, 2014, 9 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 33 seconds

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Month of Madness - Berlin

Published: June 25, 2014, 9 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 40 seconds

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Month of Madness - Vienna

Published: June 24, 2014, 9 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 35 seconds

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Month of Madness - Sarajevo

Published: June 23, 2014, 9:36 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 41 seconds

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WW1 At Home 12 - The Football Icon and The War Poet

Published: June 17, 2014, 12:22 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 25 seconds

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WW1 At Home 11 - The 'White Feather' Campaign & a Popular WW1 French Tipple

Published: June 6, 2014, 2:08 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 55 seconds

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WW1 At Home 10 - Medical Breakthroughs & the 'Chocolate Soldier'

Published: May 31, 2014, 8:55 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 14 seconds

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WW1 At Home 9 - Wartime Drunkeness & a Belgian Refugee's Tale

Published: May 23, 2014, noon
Duration: 13 minutes 3 seconds

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WW1 At Home 8 - Conscientious Objectors

Published: May 15, 2014, 1:31 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 28 seconds

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WW1 At Home 7 - The Hartlepool Bombardment & the Glasgow Rent Protests

Published: May 13, 2014, 7:02 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 52 seconds

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Woman's Hour - Women and the War - A signaller's story

Published: May 12, 2014, 12:57 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 21 seconds

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WW1 At Home 6 - Women's Football, Anti-German Riots & the Soldier's Song

Published: May 2, 2014, 3:45 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 28 seconds

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WW1 At Home 5 - Brighton Pavilion: a Hospital for Indian Troops

Published: April 25, 2014, 1:30 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 50 seconds

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WW1 At Home 4 - Nursing Heroines & Lost Treasure

Published: April 17, 2014, 3:13 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 21 seconds

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At Home 3 - The Spy on the Forth; Lizzie the Elephant; a Gardener Goes to War

Published: April 11, 2014, 3:30 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 30 seconds

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WW1 At Home 2 - Zeppelin Raids; Airship Patrols; Scouts on Standby

Published: April 4, 2014, 4:25 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 39 seconds

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WW1 At Home 1 - Spies, Bravery & Acme Whistles

Published: March 28, 2014, 2:15 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 59 seconds

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The Cultural Front - Ep3: Kandinsky, Khaki & Kisses

Published: March 22, 2014, 11:05 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 25 seconds

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The Cultural Front - Ep2 : Popular Culture

Published: March 15, 2014, 11:05 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 4 seconds

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The Cultural Front - Ep1 : Words for Battle

Published: March 10, 2014, 2:24 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 27 seconds

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Woman's Hour Women and the War - a young widow's story

Published: Feb. 24, 2014, 2:47 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 57 seconds

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Woman's Hour: Campaign for Nurses' War Memorial

Published: Feb. 17, 2014, 4:44 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 20 seconds

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The Great War of Words, Episode 2

Published: Feb. 11, 2014, 10 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 18 seconds

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Woman's Hour: Changing Woman's Lives

Published: Feb. 6, 2014, 11:23 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 28 seconds

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The Great War of Words, Episode 1

Published: Feb. 4, 2014, 12:17 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 22 seconds

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