Peter Snow

Political broadcaster, veteran Newsnight presenter and one of Britain’s best known journalists, Peter Snow takes a fascinating look at a little known moment in US and British history.

In August 1814 the British Army defeated the Americans outside Washington. When Britain Burned the White House looks at the changing fortunes of both sides in this war, one which inspired the writing of the American national anthem. Snow tells the story of one moment in the ‘special relationship’ that both sides have preferred to forget.