The World at War

This 26 episode definative history of World War II took a 50-strong team at Thames nearly four years to complete, at a cost of 1 Million Pounds. It has been shown in more than 87 countries - including Germany and Japan.
A book based on the series, written by Mark Arnold Foster, has been translated into 14 languages and has sold more than half a million copies.
In 1974 the series won an 'Emmy' award for "Outstanding Documentary Achievement". It also received "The George Polk Memorial Award for Most Outstanding Documentary on American Television" and "The National Television Critics' Award for The Best Documentary Series". In 1976 Episode 20 "Genocide" won a Silver Award at the World Jewish Film and TV Festival.

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Episode List...

	Prog.	Episode Title	Written by	Produced by	First Broadcast
	1	A New Germany - 1933-39	Neal Ascherson	Hugh Raggett	31 October 1973
	2	Distant War - 1939-40	Laurence Thompson	David Elstein	7 November 1973
	3	France Falls - May-June 1940	Peter Batty	Peter Batty	14 November 1973
	4	Alone - Britain May 1940-June 1941	Laurence Thompson	David Elstein	21 November 1973
	5	Barbarossa	Peter Batty	Peter Batty	28 November 1973
	6	Banzai - Japan Strikes	Peter Batty	Peter Batty	5 December 1973
	7	On Our Way - America Enters the War	Peter Batty	Peter Batty	12 December 1973
	8	Desert - The War in North Africa	Peter Batty	Peter Batty	19 December 1973
	9	Stalingrad	Jerome Kuehl	Hugh Raggett	2 January 1974
	10	Wolfpack: U-Boats in the North Atlantic 1939-43	J.P.W. Mallalieu	Ted Childs	9 January 1974
	11	Red Star - The Soviet Union 1941-43	Neal Ascherson	Martin Smith	16 January 1974
	12	Whirlwind	Charles Douglas Home	Ted Childs	23 January 1974
	13	Tough Old Gut	David Wheeler	Ben Shepherd	30 January 1974
	14	It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow	John Williams	John Pett	6 February 1974
	15	Home Fires	Angus Calder	Phillip Whitehead	13 February 1974
	16	Inside the Reich - Germany 1940-44	Neal Ascherson	Phillip Whitehead	20 February 1974
	17	Morning	John Williams	John Pett	27 February 1974
	18	Occupation	Charles Bloomburg	Michael Darlow	13 March 1974
	19	Pincers	Peter Batty	Peter Batty	20 March 1974
	20	Genocide	Charles Bloomburg	Michael Darlow	27 March 1974
	21	Nemesis	Stuart Hood	Martin Smith	3 April 1974
	22	Japan - 1941-45	Courtney Brown	Hugh Raggett	10 April 1974
	23	Pacific - The Island to Island War	David Wheeler	John Pett	17 April 1974
	24	The Bomb	David Elstein	David Elstein	24 April 1974
	25	Reckoning	Jerome Kuehl	Jerome Kuehl	1 May 1974
	26	Remember	Jeremy Isaacs	Jeremy Isaacs	8 May 1974

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