S01E01 HMS Belfast
The series begins aboard the 83-year-old warship, HMS Belfast as an expert team races to get her ready for reopening
Secrets of the Imperial War Museum
Overview
For the first time, the Imperial War Museum has allowed cameras behind the scenes. This strand uncovers rarely heard first-hand accounts, and reveals the pressure faced by hundreds of IWM experts and volunteers as they work to preserve the most important objects and stories from our wartime past.
Episodes
S01E02 World War 2 and the Holocaust
At IWM's flagship site a team are racing to complete a set of new galleries dedicated to telling the story of World War 2 and the Holocaust.
S01E03 Husky
At IWM Duxford, a Husky armoured vehicle that was blown up by an IED attack in Afghanistan in 2012 is carefully lifted into place under an aircraft in the AirSpace hangar. Incredibly, the soldier sitting...
S01E04 Ai Weiwei
In Sheffield, cameras follow Dean who discovered a chest full of lost First World War letters and artifacts under a bed when he was clearing out his stepfather's house. For head of First World War...
S01E05 Holocaust Galleries
Experts work on a new gallery; curator James Bulgin meets the granddaughter of a man who was murdered at Auschwitz to understand more about his life.
S01E06 Final Touches
The final touches are being made ahead of the opening of the new galleries.
