WORLD WAR SPEED: THE DRUG THAT WON WWII

LAST CHANCE TO SEE Nazis on speed and the first pharma arms race

Setting aside established knowledge about German soldiers using a methamphetamine called Pervitin, historian James Holland (below, centre) embarks on a quest to find out if war really did unleash the world’s first pharmacological arms race. He looks at the evidence to discover if tales of Nazis on speed obscure the massive use of stimulants by Allied troops. BBC iPlayer, until Wednesday