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The Great War

1964–1964·Ended·1 Seasons·26 Episodes·40 min·BBC Two
Studio: Australian Broadcasting Commission, BBC, CBC
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English · Documentary
DOCUMENTARY
Documentary

Overview

A milestone 26-part history of the First World War, conceived to mark the 50th anniversary of its outbreak.

Cast

Michael Redgrave
Michael Redgrave
Narrator
Ralph Richardson
Ralph Richardson
Douglas Haig (voice)
Emlyn Williams
Emlyn Williams
Lloyd George (voice)
Marius Goring
Marius Goring
Cyril Luckham
Cyril Luckham
Sebastian Shaw
Sebastian Shaw

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Keywords

world war i

Seasons

Specials2 episodes
1
Voices from the Western Front
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2
The Finished Fighter
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Series 126 episodes
1964
1
On the Idle Hill of Summer...
1964-05-30
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2
For Such a Stupid Reason Too...
1964-06-06
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3
We Must Hack Our Way Through
1964-06-13
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4
Our Hats We Doff to General Joffre
1964-06-20
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5
This Business May Last a Long Time
1964-06-27
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6
So Sleep Easy in Your Beds
1964-07-04
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7
We Await the Heavenly Manna...
1964-07-11
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8
Why Don't You Come and Help?!
1964-07-18
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9
Please God Send Us a Victory...
1964-07-25
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10
What Are Our Allies Doing?
1964-08-01
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11
Hell Cannot Be So Terrible
1964-08-08
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12
For Gawd's Sake Don't Send Me
1964-08-15
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13
The Devil is Coming...
1964-08-22
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14
All This It Is Our Duty to Bear
1964-08-29
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15
We Are Betrayed, Sold, Lost
1964-09-05
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16
Right Is More Precious Than Peace
1964-09-13
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17
Surely We Have Perished
1964-09-20
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18
Fat Rodzianko Has Sent Me Some Nonsense
1964-09-27
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19
The Hell Where Youth and Laughter Go
1964-10-04
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20
Only War, Nothing but War
1964-10-11
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21
It Was like the End of the World
1964-10-18
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22
Damn Them, Are They Never Coming In?
1964-10-25
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23
When Must the End Be?
1964-11-01
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24
Allah Made Mesopotamia – and Added Flies
1964-11-08
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25
The Iron Thrones Are Falling
1964-11-15
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26
...And We Were Young
1964-11-22
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Added: 5/14/2026Updated: 6/4/2026