PBS America (Freeview) Sunday

Documentary examining the events that inspired the 1963 film The Great Escape. Beginning with how prisoners built three tunnels and prepared 200 men for escape

Roger Bushell and the X Committee are left devastated when their tunnel is discovered and destroyed by ferrets but news of another successful escape spurs the team on

Of the 200 men who were trying to get out, 76 successfully managed the escape and the rest were caught and left behind. Part three of three

The historian tells the stories of six people who lived through the Blitz, featuring archive footage and readings from oral history collections and private, unpublished diaries

Documentary examining the events that inspired the 1963 film The Great Escape. Beginning with how prisoners built three tunnels and prepared 200 men for escape

Roger Bushell and the X Committee are left devastated when their tunnel is discovered and destroyed by ferrets but news of another successful escape spurs the team on

Of the 200 men who were trying to get out, 76 successfully managed the escape and the rest were caught and left behind. Part three of three

The historian tells the stories of six people who lived through the Blitz, featuring archive footage and readings from oral history collections and private, unpublished diaries

Exploring the often-contradictory role played by Black soldiers throughout American history, with particular emphasis on the settling of the American West and colonialism abroad