
Four-part documentary series about four 'wars on terror' during the final phase of the British Empire. As the Union Jack finally descended on former colonies all over the world after the Second World War, Communist, Nationalist and religious guerrilla forces saw their chance. The British Empire was leaving a dangerous power vacuum in its place. The war to succeed the British had begun.
Air Date: 2004-11-19
On 20th June 1967 Arab police in Aden, Yemen mutiny. They kill 22 British troops and take control of the city's Crate...
Air Date: 2004-11-26
On 22 July 1946 Jewish guerrillas bombed the King David Hotel in British-administered Palestine. Ninety-one people di...
Air Date: 2004-12-03
In Malaya in 1948 a 12-year war to end British rule was ignited by the assassination by a Communist Party death squad...
Air Date: 2004-12-10
An examination of the Mau Mau uprising in 1950s Kenya. Looks at the attempts of British colonial security forces to h...