"A lot more interesting and exciting than Boardwalk Empire"
AA Gill, The Sunday Times

Prohibition was introduced in America on January 17, 1920, to deal with the age-old problem of drunkenness. It promised to create a more orderly, law-abiding society; it delivered something very different.

Over five parts - to be played back to back on Saturday 17th December from 1.10pm - this epic new documentary series directed by acclaimed filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, tells the rise, rule and fall of the 18th Amendment to the US Constitution and the era it encompassed.