BBC Select revisits the teamwork behind 100 Days to Victory
A full episode follows the Allies from Germany's spring offensive to the coordinated attack at Amiens.
Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.
(Free Episode) 100 Days to Victory | BBC Select
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- 2:46Operation Michael begins with a German artillery bombardment near St Quentin in March 1918.
- 9:44The Doullens meeting puts Foch in position to coordinate Allied operations.
- 24:35Monash and Currie propose an all-arms counterattack around the strategic rail hub of Amiens.
- 26:58Sound ranging and weather adjustments help artillery target German batteries without warning fire.
- 39:15The Amiens attack combines a creeping barrage, tanks and low-flying aircraft.
- 52:20Monash and Currie urge a halt once surprise is lost, seeking to avoid unnecessary casualties.
Cooperation is the turning point. BBC Select's most watched new upload, "(Free Episode) 100 Days to Victory | BBC Select," traces how Allied commanders brought troops, artillery, tanks and aircraft into a shared battle plan in 1918.
The episode mixes dramatic reenactments with archival footage and historians including Margaret MacMillan and Tim Cook. Australian commander John Monash and Canadian commander Arthur Currie become central figures as the story moves toward Amiens. One particularly revealing detail is the artillery preparation: sound ranging and weather calculations helped locate and target German batteries without preliminary firing that would warn of an attack.
The episode has drawn roughly 53,000 views since Thursday. It is also the channel's busiest video by daily views, drawing several times the daily audience of the previous week's "(Free Episode) Surviving World War || | BBC Select," which focuses on personal stories of bravery and resilience.
BBC Select posted four uploads altogether. The others were promotional showcases for its history and crime documentary catalog, with subjects ranging from Michelangelo's Pietà to queens and collapsing empires. The full-length war episode gave viewers something substantially different from those short introductions.
Subscribers were unchanged over the week, while daily views stayed close to the channel's usual level. Among nearby television channels, Channel 4 Homes is enjoying a pronounced lift in daily viewing; BBC Select's week is steadier, with its strongest attention concentrated on the full documentary.
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- Channel
- BBC Select
- Subscribers
- 297,000
- Videos published this week
- 4
- Video published
- November 5, 2026
- Video views so far
- 52,571
- Views on its first day
- 12,742
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Which French city is the strategic rail hub targeted in the episode's Allied counterattack?
Monash and Currie propose a coordinated counterattack around Amiens.


