The First World War

Nan
0h 0m
2003
7.2 /10 (19)

Overview

This ten-part docuseries tells the comprehensive story of the First World War, featuring excerpts written by Winston Churchill, Karen Blixen, Georges Clémenceau, David Lloyd George, Siegfried Sassoon and Rudolf Hess.

Country : GB
Languages : en
Last Air Date:2003-11-22
Created by :Not Available

Seasons

Season 1
2003-09-20

Episodes

Episode: 1To Arms (1914)
S01
E01
2003-09-20
Episode: 2Under the Eagle (1914-1915)
S01
E02
2003-09-27
Episode: 3Global War (1914-1916)
S01
E03
2003-10-04
Episode: 4Jihad (1914-1916)
S01
E04
2003-10-11
Episode: 5Shackled to a Corpse (1914-1916)
S01
E05
2003-10-18
Episode: 6Breaking the Deadlock (1915-1917)
S01
E06
2003-10-25
Episode: 7Blockade (1916-1917)
S01
E07
2003-11-01
Episode: 8Revolution (1917)
S01
E08
2003-11-08
Episode: 9Germany's Last Gamble (1918)
S01
E09
2003-11-15
Episode: 10War Without End (1918- )
S01
E010
2003-11-22

Series Cast

Ferdinand I of Bulgaria

Self

Marie of Romania

Self

Hermann Göring

Self (archive footage)

Jonathan Lewis

Self - Narrator

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