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  1. Son of Saul

    A prisoner in Auschwitz, forced to burn corpses, tries to salvage the body of a boy.

    BBC Four

  2. Simon Bovey - The Launch

    Ex-Battle of Britain pilot Jack Avery is determined to avenge his brother's death.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  3. First World Problems

    Martin Jameson creates a compelling account of the consequences of a UK civil war.

    BBC Radio 4

  4. Paths of Glory

    A colonel must defend his platoon when they are accused of cowardice.

    BBC Two

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    The Hurt Locker

    Powerful Oscar-winning drama about a US military unit in Iraq.

    BBC One

  6. The Deer Hunter

    Three friends from a steel town in Pennsylvania suffer the traumas of the Vietnam War.

    BBC One

  7. Yarmouk

    The story of the Syrian uprising seen through the eyes of young people in Damascus.

    BBC Radio 4

  8. Apocalypse Now: Final Cut

    A US officer (Martin Sheen) in Vietnam is tasked with a secret mission.

    BBC One

  9. The Railway Man

    A former WWII POW discovers that the Japanese officer who tortured him is still alive.

    BBC One

  10. No Place But the Water

    When there is no place but the water, where do you go?

    BBC Radio 4

  11. The Hill

    Prison drama. Five new prisoners arrive at a military detention camp in North Africa.

    BBC Two

  12. Dunkirk

    Allied soldiers find themselves surrounded by enemy forces in Dunkirk in World War II.

    BBC One

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    Operation Crossbow

    A group of agents is sent on a mission to destroy a Nazi V-2 rocket base in Holland.

    BBC Two

  14. The Diary of Anne Frank

    An eye-opening reminder of the human cost of the Nazi genocide.

    BBC One

  15. Empire of the Sun

    1941. A young boy is separated from his parents when the Japanese invade Shanghai.

    BBC Two

  16. Zeppelin

    1915. As Zeppelins bomb London, the British plant a spy at the German airship factory.

    BBC Two

  17. Stephen MacDonald - Not About Heroes

    First World War poets Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen meet for the first time.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  18. These Days by Lucy Caldwell

    Lucy Caldwell's story of two sisters set against the backdrop of the 1941 Belfast Blitz.

    BBC Radio 4

  19. David Gooderson - Walk or Die

    In 1942, thousands trekked from Burma into India. Drama based on real accounts.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  20. William Boyd - An Ice Cream War

    1914: as war looms, British and German colonists try to emulate the madness in East Africa

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  21. RC Sherriff - Journey's End

    British front line officer Captain Stanhope faces the reality of the First World War.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  22. 1917

    During the First World War, two soldiers must cross no-man's-land to deliver a message.

    BBC One

  23. 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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  24. Nick Stafford - The List

    VE Days in 1945 and '95 reveal the scars of war, and the hopes for rebuilding the country.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  25. Catch 22 by Joseph Heller (Omnibus)

    Joseph Heller's satirical Second World War-set novel. Read by Stuart Milligan.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  26. 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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  27. The Monuments Men

    A WWII US Army unit takes on the challenge of returning looted art to its rightful owners.

    BBC One

  28.

    Gold Run

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

    BBC Four

  29. D-Day Minus

    A collection of stories that give a snapshot of everyday life in the build up to D-Day.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  30. These Days by Lucy Caldwell (Omnibus)

    Lucy Caldwell's story of two sisters set against the backdrop of the 1941 Belfast Blitz.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  31. The Longest Day

    Epic recounting of the D-Day landings.

    BBC Two

  32. The Duel by Joseph Conrad (Omnibus)

    The story of two lieutenants in a regiment of hussars. Read by Stephen Boxer.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  33. Where Eagles Dare

    Seven paratroopers are sent on a seemingly impossible mission.

    BBC Two

  34. Kelly's Heroes

    A team of American soldiers try to 'liberate' gold ingots from behind enemy lines.

    BBC Two

  35. Saving Private Ryan

    A troop of Americans are sent to find and return a single soldier after D-Day.

    BBC Two

  36. When the Wind Blows by Raymond Briggs

    Jim and Hilda survived The Blitz. An atomic bomb can’t be all that different... can it?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  37. For King and Country by John Wilson

    Passchendaele, 1917: Private Hamp faces court martial - accused of desertion.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  38. The Desert Rats

    WWII story of an Australian squad under an English commander during the siege of Tobruk.

    BBC Two

  39. Treason by Saunders Lewis

    Fearing Germany is losing the war, a group of officers make a plan. Stars Richard Burton

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  40. Oppenheimer

    J Robert Oppenheimer's race to develop the atomic bomb for the US before the Nazis.

    BBC Two

  41. Tunes of Glory by James Kennaway

    War hero Sinclair clashes with Barrow arriving to command Campbell Barracks.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  42. Lonesome Dove

    Mini-series about love and adventure in the Great American West.

    BBC Four

  43. Return to Lonesome Dove

    Four-part epic based on the westerns of Larry McMurtry.

    BBC Four

  44. Broken Trail

    Two-part Western mini-series set in 1898 as the cowboy way of life begins to expire.

    BBC Four

  45. Into the West

    Steven Spielberg's epic six-part western, which follows the story of two families

    BBC Two

  46. Tombstone

    Action-packed western based on the story of Wyatt Earp and the gunfight at the OK Corral.

    BBC One

  47.

    Rancho Notorious

    Unusual western about a young man hunting for the brutal killers of his fiancee.

    BBC Two

  48. The Burning Hills

    Western adventure about a young farmer who sets out to avenge the murder of his brother.

    BBC Two

  49. A Distant Trumpet

    A US Cavalry officer finds love and adventure at an outpost near the Mexican border.

    BBC Two

  50. Sergeant Rutledge

    A sergeant is falsely accused of the murder of his commander. Directed by John Ford.

    BBC Two

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