“Suez: 24 Hours That Broke the British Empire” is a two-part Channel 4 documentary that reconstructs the events of 6 November 1956, the final day of the Suez Crisis, hour by hour and minute by minute. It provides a detailed inside look at the political and military decisions that led to Britain’s rapid loss of control in Egypt, highlighting the gap between Britain’s self-perception as a global power and the reality imposed by international politics.