Prisoners Of War
Over 150,000 British and Commonwealth troops were imprisoned by the Germans or Japanese during the Second World War. What were their lives like, what diseases did they suffer, and how good were their ...
20 Feb 202446min
MIGHTY 8TH - D-DAY TO VICTORY (Part 7)
“In the end it is only people that count, all the people in the whole world. Any land is beautiful to someone. Any land is worth fighting for to someone. So it isn’t the land. It is the people.” In a ...
15 Feb 202449min
MIGHTY 8TH - OVERLORD (Part 6)
“We couldn’t tell 109s from P-51s or Focke-Wulfs. We couldn’t tell which side was winning or what kind went down. They looked like they were playing around, and then one broke off in a dive that ende...
13 Feb 20241h 3min
MIGHTY 8TH - BIG WEEK (Part 5)
“I wonder if you’ve got the guts to lead a big air force. If you haven’t I’ll get someone who has.” Al Murray and James Holland have reached one of the most important events of the entire air war - Bi...
8 Feb 202451min
MIGHTY 8TH - ALL CHANGE (Part 4)
“I believe we did a good job today on this target. The flak was scattered and only accurate at one point. Sweated it out a little but we came out unscathed.” As Big Week looms, Al Murray and James Hol...
6 Feb 202441min
MIGHTY 8TH - CRISIS (Part 3)
“We love fighting. Fighting is a grand sport.” For so much of the war, the vicious fighter planes that we obsess over to this day were being mis-used. In a new epic seven-part series inspired by the...
1 Feb 20241h 1min
MIGHTY 8TH - BAPTISM OF FIRE (Part 2)
“Day bombing is the bold, the aggressive, the offensive thing to do. “It is the method and the practice which will put the greatest pressure on Germany, work the greatest havoc to his wartime industr...
31 Jan 20241h 3min
MIGHTY 8TH - THE ROAD TO POINTBLANK (Part 1)
“Your friends and comrades that have been lost and that will be lost today are depending on you. Their sacrifice must not be in vain. “Good luck. Good shooting and good bombing.” These were the fin...
30 Jan 20241h 8min
