First World War Centenary marked with four years of programming

BBC-Broadcasting-HouseThe BBC will mark the First World War Centenary with a series of programming which will run for the length of the war.

Across four years of television specials and events spanning 2014-2018 the BBC will recall the timeframe of the war – the World War One Centenary on the BBC is to be unique in scale and breadth on BBC TV, Radio and Online and across international, national and local services.

The season will begin in early 2014 with Britain’s Great War, on BBC One, presented by Jeremy Paxman. This four-part documentary series will explore how Britain and the lives of British people were changed by the conflict.

This season is going to have a profound impact on the way we think about World War One. On television, on radio and on digital, we’ll be exploring how this conflict, above all others, shaped our families, our communities, our world – and continues to influence us today. – BBC Director-General Tony Hall

With over 130 specially commissioned programmes and around 2,500 hours of programming, the BBC programming will not just be a chronological historical record the corporation note. The beeb hope to also set out to broaden people’s understanding of the war and to commemorate and remember those who died.