War history

The long view, told at length by people with archive and patience. Burns and Novick spend eighteen hours on Vietnam and still find room for the North Vietnamese; Rory Stewart walks through Afghanistan explaining why the last four invasions ended the same way. Slow television that assumes you can sit still.

• The Iraq War (2013) ★★
• Afghanistan: The Great Game - A Personal View by Rory Stewart (2012) ★★★
• The Vietnam War (2017) ★★★
• World War 2 in Colour (2009) ★★★
• The Longest War (2020) ★★
• World War II with Tom Hanks (2026) ★★★