Name: Forgotten War Stories
Released: 2021-09-25T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Tony Robinson

TV Show · Documentary · History

In this six-part series, Tony Robinson explores the forgotten conflicts that Britain and her allies were embroiled in between WWII and Iraq: The Suez Crisis, The Bosnian War, The Gulf War, The Korean War, The Malayan Emergency and The Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya.

2021 · 44m

Starring Tony Robinson

EPISODE 1

The Gulf War

Tony Robinson looks back on when Iraq invaded and occupied Kuwait in August 1990, and how the world reacted with condemnation. Operation Desert Storm was launched, and a war was waged by coalition forces from 35 nations across the world.

45m
EPISODE 2

Bosnia

Tony explores the 1992 break-up of Yugoslavia. A fight for nationalism and cultural identity leads to a complex, horrific conflict centred in the new nation of Bosnia, where UN forces try to maintain peace in impossible circumstances.

44m
EPISODE 3

Suez

When Egypt's president nationalises the Suez Canal in 1956, Britain and France are outraged. They have been running the waterway for decades and are reluctant to give it up, so they plan an invasion to take back control of the canal.

44m
EPISODE 4

Malayan Emergency

In 1948, a decade-long guerrilla war starts against British occupation of Malaya. It is a conflict that will eventually lead to independence and the birth of a new country: Malaysia.

43m
EPISODE 5

The Korean War

After Communist North Korean forces invade the South in June 1950, a battle for Cold War supremacy breaks out, a brutal conflict that claims over 4 million lives. Tony tells the forgotten stories from the unsung heroes who were there.

44m
EPISODE 6

Mau Mau

When Britain sets harsh reforms in 1950s Kenya, the Mau Mau uprising is born. A group of freedom fighters attempt to oust the Brits from their country using guerrilla warfare. Tony unearths the forgotten stories of this horrific conflict.

44m

Tony Robinson

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Paul Wooding

Producer
Nick Mavroidakis

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