Time to Remember

Episodes

• Pioneers of Aviation The story of the groundbreaking men, women and machines who took to the skies in the first half of the 20th century. Includes footage of the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk; President Theodore Roosevelt becoming the first head of state to fly in an aeroplane; the German Zeppelins; the R101 disaster; Imperial Airways at Croydon Aerodrome; and Charles Lindbergh's first solo transatlantic flight in the Spirit of St Louis in 1927.

• Stage and Screen Archive footage from the theatres, music halls and cinemas of the 20s and 30s combines with characterful voiceover from the original 1950s Time to Remember TV series to give us a glimpse of the entertainment industries in their early 20th century golden age. Includes footage of Charles Laughton applying his own stage make-up; chorus line auditions and rehearsals in the West End; Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks visiting Europe; and Alfred Hitchcock's first talkie, 1929's Blackmail.

• Casualties of War Illustrates the scale of the sacrifice made by ordinary people during the 20th century's two world wars. Includes footage of recruitment and training for the Great War; soldiers going over the top in the trenches; celebrations at the end of World War One; the evacuation of 300,000 men from Dunkirk in 1940; and Hurricanes taking off during the Battle of Britain.

• A Woman's World An insight into the ways women's roles in society changed through the first five decades of the 20th century. Includes newsreel footage of Suffragette protest, including Emily Davison at the 1913 Derby; working women during the First World War; Suzanne Lenglen playing tennis; and something of the fashions of the 20s and 30s.

• Pushing the Boundaries The endeavour, innovation and technological breakthroughs of the first half of the 20th century as illustrated through newsreel footage. Includes footage of tanks on the battlefields of the Great War; Scott's expedition to Antarctica; Mallory and Irving on Everest; Roosevelt at the Boulder Dam; and a car testing its very necessary roll-bar.

• The Royal Families The fortunes and fates of the European royal dynasties during the first half of the 20th century, showing an era of war, revolution, assassination and abdication. Includes footage of Queen Victoria at her Diamond Jubilee celebrations; Queen Victoria's funeral; Edward VII hunting; Tsar Nicholas II of Russian; Victor Emmanuel of Italy; Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany; Franz Josef of Austria in Sarajevo; George V's coronation, Silver Jubilee and funeral; King Albert of Belgium; Edward VIII; Emperor Hirohito; King Alexander of Yugoslavia being assassinated in Marseilles in 1934; King Boris of Bulgaria; Edward VIII's 1936 abdication statement; George VI's coronation; Queen Elizabeth II as a child.

• Nations at Play Original newsreel and 1950s voiceover are used to illustrate how we spent our leisure time during first half of the 20th century. Includes footage of Henley regattas; frolics at the seaside; the Victorian fairground; horse riding in Hyde Park; Royal Ascot in 1919; Deauville in the 20s; and the delights of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley.

• The Pursuit of Peace Tells the story of the struggle to maintain peace in the decades after the Great War. The politicians' high hopes for improved international relations through the League of Nations were gradually eroded by expansionism and aggression across the globe. Includes footage of the signing of the Treaty of Versailles; the first Armistice Day parade in 1919; Ramsay MacDonald addressing the League of Nations in 1924; Neville Chamberlain's visits to Germany to negotiate with Hitler; the liberations of Rome and Paris in the summer of 1944; the signing of the German surrender in 1945; and the signing of the United Nations charter.

• Crime and Prohibition Tells the story of the media circus that surrounded notorious gangsters and other depression-era criminals in the United States of America. Includes footage of rumrunners trying to outrun the US Coastguard and beat prohibition; mobster Jack 'Legs' Diamond; John Dillinger behind bars; Al Capone at the racecourse; and we see coverage from inside the courtroom during the Lindbergh baby murder trial of German illegal immigrant Bruno Richard Hauptmann.

• Civilians at War The impact of two world wars on the UK's civilian population. Here are the war stories from the home front. Includes footage of circus elephants being used as farm animals during the Great War; a pram protected against gas attack; footage of Londoners bedding down in the Underground during World War Two; and the celebrations at the end of both global conflicts.

• The Need for Speed We see the groundbreaking men, women and machines who, on land and sea and in the air, went furthest and fastest in the first half of the 20th century. Includes footage of Malcolm Campbell in Bluebird; the first ever Monaco Grand Prix; the Spitfire; Amelia Earhart; and Jean Batten, the first person to hold simultaneously the solo flight records between the UK and Australia in both directions.

• In Times of Need Insights into the hardships and privations of the 20s and 30s on both sides of the Atlantic. Includes footage of the bombing in Wall Street in 1920; preparations for the 1926 UK General Strike; and images of the American dustbowl in the 30s.