Britain’s Great War
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- Episode
- Episode 3 - The Darkest Hour
- Broadcast Info
- 2014 (59 mins)
- Description
- In the third part of his landmark series on how the First World War affected the lives of the British people - and created what we know as modern Britain - Jeremy Paxman tells the story of how Britain edges close to defeat in the worst conflict it has ever known. Unearthing the wreck of a German U boat in the Medway, he describes Germany’s attempt to starve the country into submission; can the Win the War Cookbook save the day? Hoarders are put on trial as newspapers expose how the rich dine out on lobsters in Mayfair. Fear of moral corruption prompts the government to police the nation’s bedrooms. A full length documentary film of fighting in the trenches breaks all box office records: but will it push a shocked British public into demanding peace at any price?
- Genre
- History; Philosophy and Ethics; Social Science; Archeology
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The Open University, "Britain’s Great War". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ou/search/index.php/prog/85188 (Accessed 10 Jan 2025)