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  1. The Cold War - Part 2

    Includes sections on the Cuban missile crisis of l962 and the 'Evil Empire' of the 1980s.

  2. The Cold War - Part 1

    Includes sections on Berlin 1945-48 and the U2 spy plane and arms race of 1956-60.

  3. Nazi Germany - Part 2

    A look at why Germany fell into the hands of Hitler.

  4. Nazi Germany - Part 1

    A look at why Germany fell into the hands of Hitler.

  5. The First World War - Part 2

    Includes a look at the criticism of the Treaty of Versailles.

  6. Britain 1750-1900 - Part 2

    How industrialisation changed the day-to-day lives of the British people.

  7. Britain 1750-1900 - Part 1

    How industrialisation changed the day-to-day lives of the British people.

  8. 15/04/2008

    Did the World Wars change Britain? Has the nature of poverty changed?

  9. 20th Century World

    Did the World Wars change Britain? Has the nature of poverty changed?

  10. The First World War - Part 1

    Includes a look at what life was like in the trenches.

  11. 20th Century World: How Did the Great War Change Britain?

    Archive material illustrates the wartime life of the fictitious Ellis family.

  12. Black Peoples of the Americas: Everyday Life on a Plantation Island

    Reconstructing the day-to-day experience of a field hand on a Caribbean island.

  13. First World War: Living and Dying

    A focus on how soldiers endured life in the First World War.

  14. First World War: Stalemate

    The programme for schools investigates what life was like in the trenches.