Kirsty Wark introduces a night of programmes and films marking the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World
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6.05 Defence of the Land
The first of tonight's three One Foot in the Past films looking at measures taken to repel a Nazi invasion of Britain. Kirsty Wark visits the remains of Suffolk's wartime coastal defences, and the rusting Maunsell sea forts in the Thames estuary. Defence of the People is at 6.50pm.
Directors Sam Hobkinson, Kate Scholefield Digital widescreen

6.15 The Evacuees
In September 1939, thousands of children from the cities were sent to live in the comparative safety of the country. For many of the children, it was an experience that would change their lives forever. This documentary charts the wartime experiences of three east London brothers evacuated to Wytham Abbey, near Oxford, to avoid Hitler's bombs. Frank, Jim and Bob Burns recall the time they spent living on the beautiful country estate, and reveal how they readjusted to tenement life in Poplar at the war's end.
Producer Jonathan Gili ; Executive producer Laurence Rees Repeat Subtitled.

6.50 Defence of the People
In the second of tonight's One Foot in the Past programmes, Dan Cruickshank reveals the social divisions that were created by the government's initial failure to provide ordinary people with effective shelters during the Blitz. Defence of the Art is at 8pm.
Digital widescreen

7.10 The Nazis - a Warning from History: The Wrong War
An episode from the documentary series charting the rise of Nazi Germany.
Perhaps surprisingly, Adolf Hitler was a great admirer of the British Empire. He was impressed by Britain's imperial rule over India and hoped to incorporate Russia into the Third Reich in a similar way. But by 1939 his vision of an Anglo-German alliance lay in ruins and he found himself at war with Britain. Director Tilman Remme ; Producer Laurence Rees Repeat Subtitled .....

8.00 Defence of the Art
Tonight's trilogy of One Foot in the Past features concludes with the story of what happened to the nation's art collection during the war. Dan Cruickshank reveals that as early as 1934 plans had been drawn up to stop the nation's art falling into Nazi hands.
Digital widescreen