The First World War: The Peoples Story Series • 2021 • 3 episodes • 2h:32m
The First World War : The Peoples Story draws on an extraordinary and little known archive of two hundred interviews with the last survivors
King and Country tells the story of the first years of war in 1914 and 1915, culminating in the Battle of Loos when the Pals Battalions who had enthusiastically volunteered to serve had their first taste of the horror of mass industrialized warfare.
S1E1 • 2021 • History
The Battle of the Somme tells the story of one of the most iconic and tragic battles in history through its last survivors and through families at home. When the troops went over the top in June 1916 they imagined this was the attack that would end the war.
S1E2 • 2021 • History
The Fight to The End tells the story of the terrible battles of 1917 and 1918 and how Britain and her Allies turned a looming defeat into victory.
S1E3 • 2021 • History