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  1. Taboo

    London 1814. James Keziah Delaney is encircled by conspiracy, murder and betrayal.

    BBC One

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  2. Stonemouth

    When you're the least welcome person in town, how do you unravel the truth?

    BBC One Scotland

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  3. The Game

    Stylish spy thriller, starring Tom Hughes and Brian Cox.

    BBC Two

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  4. Survivors

    Drama series set among the survivors of a deadly global virus.

    BBC

  5. Our Girl

    Drama following the extraordinary adventures of female medics in the British Army.

    BBC One

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  6. Private Peaceful

    Robson Green reads Michael Morpurgo's powerful book of brotherly love during war

    BBC Radio 2

  7. The Wartime Stories of Mollie Panter-Downes

    Stories of life during the Second World War, read by Sylvestra Le Touzel

    BBC Radio 7

  8. Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse 5

    Kurt Vonnegut's anti-war classic tells of an innocent abroad who falls into enemy hands

    BBC Radio 7

  9. Ben Macintyre - A Foreign Field

    Four soldiers hide out in rural France in August 1914. Read by Tom Goodman-Hill

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  10. The Sinking of the Laconia

    After sinking the Laconia, a U-Boat attempts to save the civilian crew.

    BBC Two

  11. The Silver Sword - Ian Serraillier

    When the Germans invade Poland in 1939, the Balicki family are suddenly torn apart by war.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  12. On the Beach by Nevil Shute

    Post-apocalyptic end-of-the-world novel by British-Australian author Nevil Shute

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  13. Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

    Joseph Heller's satirical Second World War-set novel.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  14. Bomber - Len Deighton

    18th February 1943: RAF Lancaster crews plan a bombing raid over Germany

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  15. The Spy by James Fenimore Cooper

    By James Fenimore Cooper. A family are torn apart by the American War of Independence

    BBC Radio 4

  16. Nicholas Monsarrat - The Cruel Sea

    Searing tale of the Second World War in the North Atlantic. Stars Jonathan Coy

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  17. Human Voices by Penelope Fitzgerald

    Human dramas unfold behind the scenes of BBC radio news in the wartime London of 1940.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  18. Generation War: Our Mothers, Our Fathers

    The story of five German friends in the years from 1941 to 1945.

    BBC Two

  19. Virginia Baily - Early One Morning Omnibus

    Greta Scacchi and Juliet Aubrey star in this wartime tale set in Italy.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  20. John Hersey - Hiroshima

    Recollections of six survivors of the world's first atomic bomb drop.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  21. No Man's Land

    A Bosnian soldier, caught between the frontlines, hides in an abandoned trench.

    BBC Two

  22. In Which We Serve

    Noel Coward stars in the story of HMS Torrin, from its construction to its final sinking.

    BBC Two

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    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    Classic epic about the life and loves of a reactionary army officer, with Roger Livesey.

    BBC Two

  24. The Colditz Story

    Dramatisation of the legendary breakout by World War II Allied POWs from Colditz Castle.

    BBC Two

  25. Sealed Cargo

    Wartime drama. A fisherman encounters a schooner apparently shelled by Nazi submarines.

    BBC Two

  26. A Night to Remember

    Drama based on the events of April 14, 1912, when the luxury liner Titanic met an iceberg.

    BBC Two

  27. Back to Bataan

    Following the struggles of the Philippine army.

    BBC Two

  28. Ill Met by Moonlight

    World War II adventure about British officers planning to kidnap a Nazi general.

    BBC Two

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    Mosquito Squadron

    World War II drama. An RAF pilot heads a special mission behind enemy lines.

    BBC Two

  30. Hell in the Pacific

    Powerful two-hander. A US pilot and a Japanese naval officer are stranded on an island.

    BBC Two

  31. This Land Is Mine

    A mild-mannered schoolteacher decides that he must make a stand against the Nazis.

    BBC Two

  32. The Password Is Courage

    The story of a British POW during WWII who spends all his time planning an escape.

    BBC Two

  33. Berlin Express

    A multinational group of army officers try to foil a plot by the postwar Nazi underground.

    BBC Two

  34. The Long Voyage Home

    A powerful saga of merchant seamen during the early days of World War II.

    BBC Two

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    We Dive at Dawn

    World War II drama about a mission to hunt and destroy a dangerous German battleship.

    BBC Two

  36. Days of Glory

    War drama about a band of Russian guerrillas fighting the Nazis during World War II.

    BBC Two

  37. Dangerous Moonlight

    A pianist gives up music to join the Polish squadron of the Royal Air Force during WWII.

    BBC Two

  38. Flying Leathernecks

    An unyielding US Squadron Commander is deeply resented by his men.

    BBC Two

  39. In Harm's Way

    World War II drama about two US Navy officers at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

    BBC Two

  40. The Purple Plain

    A squadron leader has to save himself when his plane crashes in Japanese territory.

    BBC Two

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    Platoon

    War drama following a 19-year-old college drop-out who signs up for service in Vietnam.

    BBC One

  42. The Enemy Below

    World War II drama. An American destroyer picks up the signal of a German U-Boat.

    BBC Two

  43. Sink the Bismarck!

    World War II drama. German battleship the Bismarck is hunted by British naval vessels.

    BBC Two

  44. The Trench

    World War I drama evoking the tedium of trench life on the eve of the Battle of the Somme.

    BBC Two

  45. The Wooden Horse

    Drama based on a true story of one of the most ingenious escape bids of World War II.

    BBC Two

  46. The Victors

    World War II drama charting the adventures of a platoon of Allied soldiers in Europe.

    BBC Two

  47. Merrill's Marauders

    An officer strives to motivate his loyal infantrymen in Burma during WWII.

    BBC Two

  48. To End All Wars

    World War II drama. Four Allied POWs endure harsh treatment from their Japanese captors.

    BBC Two

  49. None but the Brave

    Atmospheric antiwar drama, directed by and starring Frank Sinatra.

    BBC Two

  50. Bitter Victory

    Wartime drama which follows a deadly feud between two soldiers in the Second World War.

    BBC Two

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