The mess and huge loss of life at paschendale. Told through archive footage contemporary memoirs, commentary, music and poetry, narrated and realised by Michael Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Marius Goring, Cyril Luckham and Emlyn Williams.
1. On the Idle Hill of Summer...
Aired: May 30, 1964The Premier episode gives a brief historical summary of all the major players...
2. For Such a Stupid Reason Too
Aired: Jun 6, 1964This 2nd installment of the series covers the 5 weeks from the assassination ...
3. We Must Hack Our Way Through
Aired: Jun 13, 1964The 3rd installment of the series covers the first 3 weeks of the war. The in...
4. Our Hats We Doff to General Joffre
Aired: Jun 20, 1964The Schlieffen Plan is continuing according to plan. The Germans suffer loses...
5. This Business May Last a Long Time
Aired: Jun 27, 1964The First Battle of the Marne, the Race to the Sea, the Siege of Antwerp and ...
Aired: Jul 4, 1964For the first 6 months of the war, the Royal Navy did what it could to contai...
7. We Await the Heavenly Manna
Aired: Jul 11, 1964War in Europe in 1915; German success at the Masurian Lakes; Russian Siege of...
8. Why Don't You Come and Help?
Aired: Jul 18, 1964The effects of protracted war on civilian life of the major powers. The sinki...
Aired: Jul 25, 1964The Ottoman Empire joins the war on the side of the Central Powers. Armenian ...
10. What Are Our Allies Doing?
Aired: Aug 1, 1964The war in the latter half of 1915, marked by successes of Central Powers. Ge...
11. Hell Cannot Be So Terrible
Aired: Aug 8, 1964The Battle of Verdun through June 1916, with a brief look at the civilian lif...
12. For Gawd's Sake Don't Send Me
Aired: Aug 15, 1964The summer of 1916 has the British army getting ready for Battle of the Somme.
Aired: Aug 22, 1964Britain fights its first major battle, the Battle of the Somme.
14. All This It Is Our Duty to Bear
Aired: Aug 29, 1964War-weariness in Europe. In Britain, conscription, loss of shipping to German...
15. We Are Betrayed, Sold, Lost
Aired: Sep 5, 1964Early 1917 was the coldest winter know for a long time. It was a difficult ti...
16. Right Is More Precious Than Peace
Aired: Sep 13, 1964The US enters the war. US foreign policy in the early 20th century. Non-inter...
Aired: Sep 20, 1964The mess and huge loss of life at paschendale. Told through archive footage c...
18. Fat Rodzyanko Has Sent Me Some Nonsense
Aired: Sep 27, 1964Russia in the late 1917 was discontented on how the war was going and how the...
19. The Hell Where Youth and Laughter Go
Aired: Oct 4, 1964The Western Front at the end of 1917. Experiences: artistic portrayals, sound...
Aired: Oct 11, 1964Propaganda and censorship; the u-boat menace at sea. Rationing at home and th...
21. It Was Like the End of the World
Aired: Oct 18, 1964The start of German Spring Offensives in 1918. Shortage of manpower in Allied...
22. Damn Them, Are They Never Coming In?
Aired: Oct 25, 1964The German attacks falter. The allies struggle. The Americans still haven't a...
Aired: Oct 31, 1964Allied offensives in summer 1918. French counter-offensive at the Marne, the ...
24. Allah Made Mesopotamia... and Added Flies
Aired: Nov 7, 1964War in the Middle East. British capture Basra and mount an unsuccessful campa...
25. The Iron Thrones Are Falling
Aired: Nov 14, 1964War on Austria-Hungary, in the Balkans and Italy. Allies establish the Macedo...
Aired: Nov 21, 1964The Central Powers disintegrate. The realization at the front that the war is...
