Sir Laurence Olivier and Eric Porter narrate Jeremy Isaacs' epic documentary series, chronicling the events of the Second World War.
The episodes included are:
- 'A New Germany - 1933-1939'
- 'Distant War - 1939-1940'
- 'France Falls - May-June 1940'
- 'Alone in Britain - May 1940-June 1941'
- 'Barbarossa - June-December 1941'
- 'Banzai - Japan Strikes - 1941-1942'
- 'On Our Way - America Enters the War - 1939-1942'
- 'Desert - The War in North Africa - 1940-1943'
- 'Stalingrad - 1942-1943'
- 'Wolfpack - 1939-1944'
- 'Red Star - The Soviet Union - 1941-1943'
- 'Whirlwind - Bombing Germany - September 1939-April 1944'
- 'Tough Old Gut - 1942-1943'
- 'It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow - 1942-1943'
- 'Home Fires'
- 'Inside the Reich - Germany 1940-1944'
- 'Morning - June 1944'
- 'Occupation - 1940-1943'
- 'Pincers - August 1944'
- 'Genocide - 1933-1945'
- 'Nemesis - Feb-May 1945'
- 'Japan - 1941-1945'
- 'Pacific - Feb 1942-May 1945 The Island to Island War'
- 'The Bomb - Feb-Sept 1945'
- 'Reckoning - April 1945'
- 'Remember'; 'Secretary to Hitler'
- 'Who Won World War II?'
- 'Warrior'; 'Hitler's Germany - 1933-1939'
- 'Hitler's Germany - 1939-1945'
- 'The Two Deaths of Hitler'
- 'The Final Solution - Part 1'
- 'The Final Solution - Part 2'
Isaacs also presents a special 'Making of' feature.