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The Big Questions

Series 7

Episode 18

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Nicky Campbell presents a special edition of The Big Questions from Goldsmiths College in London asking, did World War 1 change Britain for the better?

Participants in the debate include author of Great Britain's Great War Jeremy Paxman, professor of History of War at Oxford Sir Hew Strachan, Prof David Stevenson from the LSE and author of 1914-1918: The History of the First World War, Chris Nineham from the campaign No Glory in War, cultural historian professor Maggie Andrews from the University of Worcester, writer Bonnie Greer, professor Saul David, author of 100 Days to Victory: How the Great War was Fought and Won, Dr Mike Snape from the Centre for War Studies at Birmingham University, journalist and historian Dr Tim Stanley and Frank Ledwidge, barrister, former military officer and writer of Investment in Blood. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Nicky Campbell
Participant:
Jeremy Paxman
Participant:
Hew Strachan
Participant:
David Stevenson
Participant:
Chris Nineham
Participant:
Maggie Andrews
Participant:
Bonnie Greer
Participant:
Saul David
Participant:
Mike Snape
Participant:
Tim Stanley
Participant:
Frank Ledwidge
Director:
Rob Hopkin

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