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The Great War - The People's Story

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The Great War - The People's Story
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Dramatised documentary series. The final episode tells the stories of three men called up in 1917 - a Glaswegian shipyard worker, an aristocrat, and an 18-year-old London lad.

August 2014

Episode 3

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Dramatised documentary series. This episode shifts focus to a changing Britain, where Helen Bentwich seized the chance to work in the arms factories at Woolwich Arsenal.

Episode 2

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Dramatised documentary series. In episode two, cockney lad Reg Evans is shot in the face in the trenches and is among the first soldiers to undergo pioneering plastic surgery.

Episode 1

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One hundred years after the outbreak of the First World War, this dramatised documentary uses the diaries and letters of the men and women who were caught up in the conflict.
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