An epic account of the events that shaped Britain, from the death of Queen Victoria to the end of the Second World War
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An epic account of the events that shaped Britain, from the death of Queen Victoria to the end of the Second World War
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4/6. The 1920s saw a housing boom, the creation of the BBC and the Wall Street Crash.
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3/6. Britain gets its first taste of total war, which transformed the lives of millions.
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2/6. The assassination of an archduke in Sarajevo sets in motion the wheels of world war.
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1/6. Andrew Marr revisits Britain at the dawn of the 20th century.
Andrew Marr visits the backstreets of York on the trail of what made Britain the country we know today.
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