Season 1 (2009)

A New Dawn
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October 28, 2009 • 1h

In the first of a six-part series, Andrew Marr revisits Britain at the dawn of the 20th century. He finds the country mourning the...Read more

Road to War
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November 4, 2009 • 1h

The assassination of an archduke in Sarajevo sets in motion the wheels of world war. In the corridors of Westminster old allies Wi...Read more

The Great War
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November 11, 2009 • 1h

Britain gets its first taste of total war. Marr argues that no shock has ever hit these islands with quite the force of what becam...Read more

Having a Ball
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November 18, 2009 • 1h

In the 1920s, Imperial Britannia was sliding from view and a more modern Britain tried everything new and asked endless questions ...Read more

Little Britain
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November 25, 2009 • 1h

For Andrew Marr, the story of Britain in the 1930s was one of betrayal, political extremism, unemployment and... hats. Bowlers, tr...Read more

Britannia at Bay
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December 2, 2009 • 1h

Marr's story of 'the people's war' begins with the defeat that came to define modern Britain's national spirit: Dunkirk. In 1940, ...Read more