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Dive into our updated selection of BBC Select’s finest, featuring more than 2 series as of November 2024. Icons of BBC Select, The Men and the Machines That Beat Hitler and A Very Royal Crisis: Countdown to Abdication made their debut in 2013 and 2023, setting industry standards. BBC Select has over 2 shows broadcast from as early as 2013 and as recent as 2023.
This is the story of the veterans who fought in the 5th Royal Tank Regiment - a team of ordinary men who faced the frontline in both Europe and beyond. Their involvement in the Second World War spanned the humiliating defeat at Dunkirk, victory in the deserts of North Africa and finally saw resentment and revolt before D-Day. Based on the unpublished diaries and memoirs of the men who were thrust together in extraordinary circumstances to fight Hitler and his forces, this program uses drama and documentary to bring their stories to life.
This is the true tale of the biggest scandal ever to engulf the British Royal Family – a forbidden love affair which had a devastating impact. This series recounts the story behind the ten days leading to Edward VIII abdicating his throne to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson. It would change the royals, the press and British history forever.