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From 2014 to 2018, the world reflected on the centenary of the First World War.

The atrocities of the conflict have been well-covered.

So historian, Dan Snow looks at how and why our perceptions of the conflict have changed over time, and how that鈥檚 affected the way we commemorate the event.

With powerful accounts of veterans, from the iconic 1964 麻豆社 series The Great War and the Imperial War Museum鈥檚 sound archive, as well as moving early commemorations at the Cenotaph.

With:

Dan Todman
Lucy Noakes
Helen McCartney
Jean Seaton
Peter Hart - who interviewed many veterans on behalf of the IWM.

Producers: Megan Jones and Glyn Tansley

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in November 2018.