Season 1
(2003)
Cast
as Self
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Self - Narrator
Episodes
To Arms (1914) 6.0
September 20, 2003
The First World War shaped the twentieth century. It sparked the Russian Revolution, and it launched America as a world…
Under the Eagle (1914-1915) 6.0
September 27, 2003
The first months of the war on the Western Front were mobile, fast and dangerous; casualty rates were higher than with …
Global War (1914-1916) 6.0
October 4, 2003
War for Europe meant war for the world. Germany gambled that Britain might risk everything to protect her Empire - even…
Jihad (1914-1916) 6.0
October 11, 2003
The Ottoman Empire, Germany's ally, summoned all Muslims to Jihad - holy war - to overthrow Allied power in the Middle …
Shackled to a Corpse (1914-1916) 6.0
October 18, 2003
As the Germans and Austrians clashed with The Russians on the bitter Eastern Front, Italy became embroiled in a terribl…
Breaking the Deadlock (1915-1917) 6.0
October 25, 2003
Attrition, "lions led by donkeys", the slaughter only ceasing for a brief truce one Christmas - old, mistaken views of …
Blockade (1916-1917) 6.0
November 1, 2003
The war at sea was every bit as bitter as the war on land. The battle at Jutland proved inconclusive but the U-Boat men…
Revolution (1917) 6.0
November 8, 2003
The effect of the Great War shattered nations, inspired mass mutinies by desperate troops, caused great upheaval on the…
Germany's Last Gamble (1918) 6.0
November 15, 2003
Over one million German troops were committed to Kaiserschlacht - the last great offensive of the war - while conflict …
War Without End (1918- ) 6.0
November 22, 2003
The dramatic Allied victory at Amiens led to victory in just 100 days - and the signing of a bitterly-resented peace, w…