
Episodes
S1 E1 - A New Map of the World: 1918-1928
March 21, 202052minLenin dies in 1924 and up steps Josef Stalin; FDR is Secretary of the U.S. Navy; Hitler ends the war in a military hospital; Churchill struggles to resume a political career. The first of the titans to emerge, grabs power– Benito Mussolini.Available to buyS1 E2 - Feast & Famine: 1929-1933
March 28, 202052minFDR reaches the Oval Office. The crash of ’29 morphs into the Great Depression. Titans rise and fall in the era of unemployment and hunger–Hitler becomes chancellor in Germany, Mussolini secures absolute power, and Stalin tightens his grip.Available to buyS1 E3 - The Shadows Lengthen: 1934-1937
April 4, 202052minWar reaches Ethiopia with the Italian invasion and threatens Europe with the German occupation of the Rhineland and annexation of Austria. Spain and China plunge into civil wars. Mao and Chiang Kai-shek unite to face Japan’s invasion.Available to buyS1 E4 - Darkest Hour: 1938-1940
April 11, 202052minThe Spanish civil war reaches its climax and the League of Nations is helpless against Italy, Germany and Japan. In 1938 Neville Chamberlain brings a group together hoping to secure peace. But peace is the last thing on Hitler’s mind.Available to buyS1 E5 - World War: 1941-1944
April 18, 202052minWe enter a period in history which is dominated by the acts and personalities of a small group of powerful leaders – Titans. This is the time for Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, Hitler and Mussolini to dominate both public and daily life.Available to buyS1 E6 - A New World: 1945-1949
April 25, 202052minAs the war ends, Roosevelt dies, Churchill is thrown out of office, Mussolini is shot by “partisans” and Hitler kills himself. Harry S Truman becomes the president and has to make a terrible decision, while Stalin enjoys unrivaled power.Available to buy
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Directors
- Mike Kenneally
Producers
- Jane BarrettMichael TearSerge Ou
Cast
- John Gregg
Studio
- PBS
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