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Basic Info

First Air: March 22, 2011

Status: Ended

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 6

Last Episode

Name: The Boys of 1918

Season: 1, Episode: 6

Air Date: 2011-04-26

In spring 1918 thousands of young British conscripts were sent to France to make up the numbers. Many were taken prisoner. But by the summer the tide began to turn and the boys of 1918 helped turn defeat into victory.

The Last Voices of WWI - A Generation Lost

2011 1 seasons 6 episodes

Overview

Horrors of World War I are relived as last survivors tell their tales in this new series. A unique and harrowing six-part documentary series featuring testimonials from more than 100 WWI veterans. This culmination of interviews captured over the last 15 years has been put together in one series for the first time, along with historic newsreel footage and dramatic reconstructions. Winner of a Royal Television Society Documentary Award (2009), this breathtaking series is praised for providing a unique historical record of a lost generation.