World War One

BBC Radio

Latest episode

USA: Isolationism
27/6/2015 | 50 mins.
How did WW1 change America's place in the world? Jonathan Dimbleby presents a public debate from the US Library of Congress in Washington
Germany: The Waging of War
26/6/2015 | 50 mins.
How did technological and industrial development revolutionise World War One? The tank, gas, flame throwers, Zeppelins were like nothing that had been experienced before.
Sarajevo: Nationalism
26/6/2015 | 50 mins.
A century ago a shot rang out in Sarajevo which set the world on a path to war. How did the peace made after WW1 influence the ethnic conflicts in the region during the 1990s?
Jordan: Redrawing the Middle East
22/6/2015 | 49 mins.
How did World War One change the face of the Middle East? And, how did this seismic and controversial period shape the century to follow?
Britain: The Psychology of War
30/4/2015 | 50 mins.
What drove men to volunteer to fight during World War One? What drove them to the edge of sanity when they got there?