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  1. Julia Stoneham - The Cinderella Service

    Samantha Bond stars as Alice in a series set around a Devon hostel for land-army girls

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  2. Diane Samuels - Kindertransport

    The discovery of a German copy of 'The Ratcatcher' reveals hidden war memories.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  3. Home

    Bafta Award-winning short film telling the story of millions of modern-day refugees.

    BBC Three

  4. Kajaki: The True Story

    Tense drama based on a true story of British soldiers facing terror in Afghanistan.

    BBC Three

  5. Quake

    Drama in 12 short parts. Inspired by the digital transformation in disaster response.

    BBC Radio 4

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  6. A War

    The commander of a Danish unit in Afghanistan must make a difficult decision.

    BBC Two

  7. 13 Minutes: The Plot to Assassinate Adolf Hitler

    Drama that tells the story of Georg Elser's failed attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler.

    BBC Four

  8. Julia Stoneham - Cinderella D-Day

    The story of a group of Land Army girls during WWII.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  9. I Was Monty's Double

    An officer resembling General Montgomery is persuaded to impersonate him. With John Mills.

    BBC Two

  10. The Cruel Sea

    A captain (Jack Hawkins) is haunted by the loss of his past vessel and seeks revenge.

    BBC Two

  11. A Town Like Alice

    During WWII in Malaya, a group of civilians is taken prisoner. With Virginia McKenna.

    BBC Two

  12. The Battle of the River Plate

    Drama based on the true story of the pursuit of a German battleship. With John Gregson.

    BBC Two

  13. Dunkirk

    The story of the gallant rescue operation on the French beaches in 1940. With John Mills.

    BBC Two

  14. Son of Saul

    A prisoner in Auschwitz, forced to burn corpses, tries to salvage the body of a boy.

    BBC Four

  15. Simon Bovey - The Launch

    Ex-Battle of Britain pilot Jack Avery is determined to avenge his brother's death.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  16. First World Problems

    Martin Jameson creates a compelling account of the consequences of a UK civil war.

    BBC Radio 4

  17. Paths of Glory

    A colonel must defend his platoon when they are accused of cowardice.

    BBC Two

  18. The Hurt Locker

    Powerful Oscar-winning drama about a US military unit in Iraq.

    BBC One

  19. The Deer Hunter

    Three friends from a steel town in Pennsylvania suffer the traumas of the Vietnam War.

    BBC One

  20. Yarmouk

    The story of the Syrian uprising seen through the eyes of young people in Damascus.

    BBC Radio 4

  21. Apocalypse Now: Final Cut

    A US officer (Martin Sheen) in Vietnam is tasked with a secret mission.

    BBC One

  22. The Railway Man

    A former WWII POW discovers that the Japanese officer who tortured him is still alive.

    BBC One

  23. No Place But the Water

    When there is no place but the water, where do you go?

    BBC Radio 4

  24. The Hill

    Prison drama. Five new prisoners arrive at a military detention camp in North Africa.

    BBC Two

  25. Dunkirk

    Allied soldiers find themselves surrounded by enemy forces in Dunkirk in World War II.

    BBC One

  26. Operation Crossbow

    A group of agents is sent on a mission to destroy a Nazi V-2 rocket base in Holland.

    BBC Two

  27. The Diary of Anne Frank

    An eye-opening reminder of the human cost of the Nazi genocide.

    BBC One

  28. Empire of the Sun

    1941. A young boy is separated from his parents when the Japanese invade Shanghai.

    BBC Two

  29. Zeppelin

    1915. As Zeppelins bomb London, the British plant a spy at the German airship factory.

    BBC Two

  30. Stephen MacDonald - Not About Heroes

    First World War poets Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen meet for the first time.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  31. These Days by Lucy Caldwell

    Lucy Caldwell's story of two sisters set against the backdrop of the 1941 Belfast Blitz.

    BBC Radio 4

  32. David Gooderson - Walk or Die

    In 1942, thousands trekked from Burma into India. Drama based on real accounts.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  33. William Boyd - An Ice Cream War

    1914: as war looms, British and German colonists try to emulate the madness in East Africa

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  34. RC Sherriff - Journey's End

    British front line officer Captain Stanhope faces the reality of the First World War.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  35. 1917

    During the First World War, two soldiers must cross no-man's-land to deliver a message.

    BBC One

  36. Nazis: The Road to Power

    The rise of fascism and the cult of the leader, in a Germany shattered by defeat.

    BBC Radio 4

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  37. Nick Stafford - The List

    VE Days in 1945 and '95 reveal the scars of war, and the hopes for rebuilding the country.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  38. Catch 22 by Joseph Heller (Omnibus)

    Joseph Heller's satirical Second World War-set novel. Read by Stuart Milligan.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  39. Nach Fuar am Poll

    Chan eil Dòmhnall Chaluim airson ceistean a bhràthair mun Chogadh a fhreagairt sa mhòine.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

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  40. The Monuments Men

    A WWII US Army unit takes on the challenge of returning looted art to its rightful owners.

    BBC One

  41.

    Gold Run

    Resistance fighters smuggle gold reserves out of Norway before the Nazis invade.

    BBC Four

  42. D-Day Minus

    A collection of stories that give a snapshot of everyday life in the build up to D-Day.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  43. These Days by Lucy Caldwell (Omnibus)

    Lucy Caldwell's story of two sisters set against the backdrop of the 1941 Belfast Blitz.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  44. The Longest Day

    Epic recounting of the D-Day landings.

    BBC Two

  45.

    The Duel by Joseph Conrad (Omnibus)

    The story of two lieutenants in a regiment of hussars. Read by Stephen Boxer.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  46. Where Eagles Dare

    Seven paratroopers are sent on a seemingly impossible mission.

    BBC Two

  47. Kelly's Heroes

    A team of American soldiers try to 'liberate' gold ingots from behind enemy lines.

    BBC Two

  48. Saving Private Ryan

    A troop of Americans are sent to find and return a single soldier after D-Day.

    BBC Two

  49. When the Wind Blows by Raymond Briggs

    Jim and Hilda survived The Blitz. An atomic bomb can’t be all that different... can it?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  50. For King and Country by John Wilson

    Passchendaele, 1917: Private Hamp faces court martial - accused of desertion.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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