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The popular view of the First World War is dominated by cliche. Young soldiers were led to ghastly deaths in muddy wastes on the Western Front by incompetent generals for reasons that were seemingly futile. And although cliches are not necessarily lies, they are, at best, a selective view of the truth. On the centenary of the start of this terrible conflict, this special edition ten-part series offers a stunning account of the war, presenting new insights into one of the defining events of modern history, and, for the first time ever, a truly global vision of the conflict.
Original Release
09/20/2003
US Release
09/20/2003
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jonathan Lewis | Narrator |
Voja Tankosic | Himself (as Maj. Voja Tankosic) |
Hermann Göring | Himself / Himself (archive footage) |
Queen Marie of Romania | Herself (archive footage) |
Kaiser Wilhelm II | Himself (archive footage) |
Paul von Hindenburg | Himself (archive footage) |
Woodrow Wilson | Himself (archive footage) |
Erik Ludendorff | Himself (archive footage) |
King Ferdinand of Romania | Himself (archive footage) |
Colmar von der Goltz | Himself (archive footage) |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | To Arms | Saturday, 20 September 2003 |
2 | Under the Eagle | Saturday, 27 September 2003 |
3 | Global War | Saturday, 04 October 2003 |
4 | Jihad | Saturday, 11 October 2003 |
5 | Shackled to a Corpse | Saturday, 18 October 2003 |
6 | Breaking the Deadlock | Saturday, 25 October 2003 |
7 | Blockade | Saturday, 01 November 2003 |
8 | Revolution | Saturday, 08 November 2003 |
9 | Germany's Last Gamble | Saturday, 15 November 2003 |
10 | War Without End | Saturday, 22 November 2003 |
Directors
Corina Sturmer, Emma Wallace, Simon Rockell, Ben Steele, Marcus Kiggell
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jonathan Lewis | Narrator |
Voja Tankosic | Himself (as Maj. Voja Tankosic) |
Hermann Göring | Himself / Himself (archive footage) |
Queen Marie of Romania | Herself (archive footage) |
Kaiser Wilhelm II | Himself (archive footage) |
Paul von Hindenburg | Himself (archive footage) |
Woodrow Wilson | Himself (archive footage) |
Erik Ludendorff | Himself (archive footage) |
King Ferdinand of Romania | Himself (archive footage) |
Colmar von der Goltz | Himself (archive footage) |
Désiré-Joseph Mercier | Himself (archive footage) (as Cardinal Desire Mercier) |
Henry Rawlinson | Himself (archive footage) (as Gen. Henry Rawlinson) |
Arthur Zimmermann | Himself (archive footage) |
Vittorio Orlando | Himself (archive footage) |
Boris Xaver | Himself (archive footage) (as Crown Prince Boris) |
Douglas Haig | Himself (archive footage) (as Gen. Douglas Haig) |
Charles Mangin | Himself (archive footage) (as Gen. Charles Mangin) |
Karl von Müller | Himself (archive footage) |
Friederich Karl | Himself - Archduke of Austria-Hungary (archive footage) |
Karl Von Habsburg-Lothringen | Himself (archive footage) |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Simon Willock | Executive Producer |
Alan Clements | Executive Producer |
Andrew Lapping | Executive Producer |
Svetlana Palmer | Producer |
Isobel Hinshelwood | Producer |
Jonathan Lewis | Producer |
Allison McAllan | Producer |
Sarah Wallis | Producer |
Ross Harper | Producer |
Gregor Murbach | Producer |
Andrea Laux | Producer |
Corina Sturmer | Producer |
Emma Wallace | Producer |
Simon Rockell | Producer |
Ben Steele | Producer |
Martina Cavicchioli | Producer |
Milan Grba | Producer |
Marcus Kiggell | Producer |