World War 1 in Colour

Season 1
WWI consumed the lives of 10 million soldiers and civilians. It was fought by young men in the fields and trenches of Northern France and Belgium. This landmark series brings to the screen in colour the gritty reality of life in the trenches and other wars and includes interviews with eye-witness survivors.
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  1. S1 E1 - Catastrophe
    July 22, 2003
    48min
    7+
    "Not a tree stands. Not a square foot of surface has escaped mutilation.There is nothing but the mud and the gaping shell holes; a chaotic wilderness of shell holes, rim overlapping rim, and, in the bottom of many, the bodies of the dead? CAPTAIN ROWLAND FIELDING WWI WAS ON A SCALE NEVER KNOWN OR IMAGINED BEFORE.
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  2. S1 E2 - Slaughter in the Trenches
    July 29, 2003
    47min
    7+
    "If any man tells you he went over the top and wasn't scared, he's a damn liar. HARRY PATCH: DUKE OF CORNWALL'S LIGHT INFANTRY. BORN 1898 - THESE YEARS WOULD PRODUCE A NEW AND DEADLY EXPRESSION - "GOING OVER THE TOP"
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  3. S1 E3 - Blood in the Air
    August 5, 2003
    47min
    7+
    "A glorious death! Fight on and fly on to the last drop of blood and the last drop of petrol? a death for a knight.- BARON MANFRED VON RICHTHOFEN MILITARY COMMANDERS BEGAN TO REALISE THAT FLIGHT MIGHT BE USEFUL FOR WAR.
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  4. S1 E4 - Killers of the Sea
    August 12, 2003
    47min
    7+
    "The Lusitania is a godsend to the British. It's quite the most stupid thing the Germans could have done." - Professor Andrew Lambert, King's College, London. This sea war was about innovation and dazzling advances in technology.
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  5. S1 E5 - Mayhem on the Eastern Front
    August 19, 2003
    47min
    7+
    "Between the trenches are any amount of dead and decomposing bodies of our own men and Turks lying on the heather. The smell is awful.- CAPTAIN GUY NIGHTINGALE THE WAR ON THE EASTERN FRONT WOULD RESHAPE THE MAP OF EUROPE FOREVER
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  6. S1 E6 - Victory and Despair
    August 26, 2003
    48min
    7+
    "The First World War was certainly tragic, but it wasn't futile. In the First World War the Allies achieved a great negative victory; they prevented the domination of Europe by militaristic Germany.- DR. GARY SHEFFIELD, KING'S COLLEGE. THIS IS THE STORY OF 1918 - THE YEAR THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING
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Directors
Simon Berthon
Producers
Jonathan MartinPhilip Nugus
Starring
Kenneth Branagh
Studio
Nugus/MartinProductions Ltd
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