Drama-documentary recounting the events of the 1st July 1916 and the Battle of the Somme on the Western Front during the First World War. Told through the letters and journals of soldiers who were there.
Tilda Swinton
Narrator (voice)
Ed Stoppard
Captain Charlie May
Paul Popplewell
Greenhalgh
Patrick Kennedy
Sergeant Richard H. Tawney
Martin Hancock
Andrews
Raymond Waring
Lance-Corporal Sidney McCoy
Robert Cambrinus
Franz Cassel
William Beck
Bundy
Carl Hindmarch
Director, Writer
Mark Hayhurst
Writer
Maciej Skalski
Producer
Michał Szczerbic
Jun 3, 2001
Feb 27, 2006
Mar 12, 2003
Dec 14, 1999
Nov 12, 2016
Jul 5, 2003
Apr 20, 2003
Mar 14, 2014
Nov 9, 2018
Feb 16, 2024
Nov 30, 2020
Jun 22, 2015
Nov 10, 2001
Jul 14, 2023
Jul 26, 2019
Jul 14, 2017
DSP
GB
Channel 4 Television
National Geographic
US
United Kingdom
English