Laurence Olivier narrates the landmark 26-part British documentary series telling the story of World War II, profiling its main campaigns and highlighting the human cost on all sides of the conflict.

As part of History's War Weekend comes this special documentary on the making of The World At War. It is 25 years since the first screening of this epic account of the events of that mammoth conflict.

This interactive episode is no longer available. The reality of war means making difficult decisions – what would you have done if it was you? Running at around 20 minutes, the interactive ...

Laurence Olivier narrates the iconic, 26-part documentary series about World War II. As peace descends in 1945, the series ends with a sombre reminder of the human ...

Laurence Olivier provides the narration to this World War II retrospective. Hear how 1944 saw the steady disintegration of the German war machine, as the Allies ...