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Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain

Season 1 Episode 2: Road to War

A sweltering summer in Edwardian England is marked by a sense of impending doom, as the consequences of a Sarajevo assassination unfold and lead to a global war that will have devastating effects.

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 A New Dawn

Aired: Oct 28, 2009

Andrew Marr explores Britain's dramatic transformation in the early 20th cent...

Episode 2 Road to War

Aired: Nov 4, 2009

A sweltering summer in Edwardian England is marked by a sense of impending do...

Episode 3 The Great War

3. The Great War

Aired: Nov 11, 2009

Britain descends into chaos as total war ravages the land, profoundly impacti...

Episode 4 Having a Ball

4. Having a Ball

Aired: Nov 18, 2009

As the British Empire's grip on power weakens in the 1920s, a new era of hous...

Episode 5 Little Britain

5. Little Britain

Aired: Nov 25, 2009

The 1930s saw Britain precariously balanced on the edge of chaos, as the far-...

Episode 6 Britannia at Bay

6. Britannia at Bay

Aired: Dec 2, 2009

The final episode of Britain's World War II journey begins with a thrilling d...

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Info about Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain

Network: BBC Two

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres:War, History

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