World War One at Home

Episode 2

The Equine Army

Saul David follows the story of hundreds of thousands of animals prepared in the West Country for the frontline.

Episode 3

Royal Victoria Hospital

Shocking stories of the World War I Hampshire hospital doctors who faked footage on cures for shellshock.

Episode 4

Cadburys at War

Brothers Laurence and Egbert Cadbury saw plenty of action during the First World War, but only one of them was a fighter. Former world champion boxer Richie Woodhall investigates the untold story of the chocolate king's sons, a tale full of conflict and conscience.

Episode 5

The Killing Factories

How the war was won at home. Kate Adie tells the story of the women and men who produced the millions of shells needed for trench warfare.

Episode 6

The Zeppelin Terror

Historian and aerial specialist Ben Robinson takes to the skies to trace the first air attacks on Britain by the Zeppelin. For the first time civilians were the targets.

Episode 7

The Safe House

A century after the start of the First World War, Louise Minchin reveals the story of Dunham Massey stately home in Cheshire which was turned into a military hospital for injured Tommies.

Episode 8

Despatches from Tyneside

Chris Jackson follows a community project creating a unique picture of the impact of conflict on those living and working on Tyneside with rarely-seen footage. Chris hears that Tyneside bore not just physical but deep emotional scars from World War I.

Episode 9

The Trawlermen

Miranda Krestovnikoff examines the role of east coast fishermen in World War I and in particular finds out about the Grimsby trawler captain who left a Zeppelin crew to die and was accused by the Germans of being a war criminal.

Episode 10

The Spies Who Loved Folkestone

Writer Anthony Horowitz learns how Folkestone became a hotbed of espionage and discovers the men, women and children who risked their lives operating as spooks during the First World War.

Episode 11

Whose Side Are You On?

Historian Professor Jean Seaton uncovers the story of industrial conflict in Devon during World War One.