Documentary series · Discovery
Greatest Events of World War II in Colour
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Derek Jacobi
Narrator
10 eps
Albert Einstein
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Neville Chamberlain
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Hermann Göring
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Isoroku Yamamoto
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
James Doolittle
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Chester W. Nimitz
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Benito Mussolini
Self (archive footage)
2 eps
Heinrich Himmler
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Winston Churchill
Self (archive footage)
5 eps
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
7 eps
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive footage)
3 eps
Emperor Hirohito of Japan
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Harry S. Truman
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
George C. Marshall
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Joseph McCarthy
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Joseph Goebbels
Self (archive footage)
2 eps
Erwin Rommel
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
5 eps
Joseph Stalin
Self (archive footage)
4 eps
Bernard L. Montgomery
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
Kurt Meyer
Self (archive footage)
1 eps
George S. Patton
Self (archive footage)
3 eps
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TV DNA
How Greatest Events of World War II in Colour actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Greatest Events of World War II in Colour reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The story
What it's about
Using highly advanced colourisation techniques, critical moments from World War II, from Stalingrad to The Battle of Britain, are shown in a whole new light.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E05
Siege of Stalingrad
The battle of Stalingrad was one of the bloodiest of the entire war and turned the tide for the Germans. Colourised footage retells the dramatic story.
S01E04
Battle of Midway
Expertly-restored colour footage retells the dramatic story of a Japanese attack on the US-held Pacific island of Midway which triggers an extraordinary chain of events.
- Directed by Sam Taplin
S01E02
Battle of Britain
In 1940, France has fallen and Hitler orders Operation Sealion: the invasion of Great Britain. Rare, expertly-restored footage tells the story in a new light.
S01E06
D-Day
The D-Day invasion fleet was the largest in history and one of the most audacious events of WWII. But landing was just the beginning, as rare footage reveals.
S01E08
Firestorm Over Dresden
Pushing for a German surrender, Allied forces firebomb the city of Dresden, killing thousands of civilians and unleashing a storm of controversy.
S01E09
Buchenwald Liberation
Hitler's rise to power led to the slaughter of millions as concentration camps revealed the Nazi empire's true evil. Rarely-seen archive recounts the atrocities.
- Directed by Kasia Uscinska
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Alan GriffithsExecutive Producer
- Compton RossExecutive Producer
Direction
- Katie BoxerDirector
- Kasia UscinskaDirector
- Nicky BolsterDirector
- Sam TaplinDirector
Where to watch
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