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Categories: Drama: War & Disaster

  1. Fury

    Germany, 1945. A tough US tank crew’s raw recruit learns the brutality of war.

    BBC One

  2. Kabul

    Thriller set against the backdrop of American troops leaving Afghanistan in 2021.

    BBC Four

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  3. Eye in the Sky

    A drone strike against Al-Shabaab militants is complicated when a child enters the zone.

    BBC One

  4. The Sentinels

    WWI. A French soldier is picked to join a top-secret army research project.

    BBC Four

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  5. Vermiglio

    The arrival of a Sicilian deserter has a profound effect in a remote Alpine village.

    BBC Four

  6. Lawrence of Arabia

    Idealistic, misfit British officer TE Lawrence leads a legendary desert campaign.

    BBC Two

  7. Gold Run

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

    BBC Four

  8. A Farewell to Arms

    An American serving as an ambulance driver during World War I falls in love with a nurse.

    BBC Two

  9. Our Girl

    Drama following the extraordinary adventures of female medics in the British Army.

    BBC One

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  10. We Dive at Dawn

    World War II drama about a mission to hunt and destroy a dangerous German battleship.

    BBC Two

  11. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    Classic epic about the life and loves of a reactionary army officer, with Roger Livesey.

    BBC Two

  12. Platoon

    War drama following a 19-year-old college drop-out who signs up for service in Vietnam.

    BBC One

  13. Quake

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

    BBC Radio 4

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  14. 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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  15. 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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  16. The World Will Tremble

    A group of prisoners attempt a seemingly impossible escape from a Nazi death camp.

    BBC Two