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Basic Info

First Air: August 10, 2014

Rating: ⭐ 6.1/10 (7 votes)

Status: Ended

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 4

Last Episode

Name: Episode 4

Season: 1, Episode: 4

Air Date: 2014-08-31

Runtime: 60 min

In 1917, the war is in its darkest phase. Everyone knows victory can only come at a long, slow, and painful cost. So many lives have been lost that now men previously exempted from military service – because of their age or because their jobs were considered vital to the war effort – are called up. We hear the stories of three of them: the black Glasgow shipbuilder Arthur Roberts, sent into the Battle of Passchendaele; Duff Cooper, the dashing and debonair lover of Lady Diana Manners, the daughter of the Duke of Rutland; and Londoner Ted Poole, just 18 and the last of his fathers’ sons left alive.

The Great War: The People's Story

2014 1 seasons 4 episodes ⭐ 6.1/10 7 votes

Overview

Through original diaries, letters, and memoirs, this unforgettable documentary tells how the lives of regular British men and women were transformed by the Great War.