The Great War(1964)
Overview
A milestone 26-part history of the First World War, conceived to mark the 50th anniversary of its outbreak.
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Series 1
26 episodes • 1964Avg: 7.7Golden Era
Series 1
26 episodes • 1964Avg: 7.7Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On the Idle Hill of Summer... | May 30, 1964 | 9.0 |
| 2 | For Such a Stupid Reason Too... | Jun 6, 1964 | 10.0 |
| 3 | We Must Hack Our Way Through | Jun 13, 1964 | 9.0 |
| 4 | Our Hats We Doff to General Joffre | Jun 20, 1964 | 10.0 |
| 5 | This Business May Last a Long Time | Jun 27, 1964 | 7.0 |
| 6 | So Sleep Easy in Your Beds | Jul 4, 1964 | 8.0 |
| 7 | We Await the Heavenly Manna... | Jul 11, 1964 | 7.0 |
| 8 | Why Don't You Come and Help?! | Jul 18, 1964 | 5.0 |
| 9 | Please God Send Us a Victory... | Jul 25, 1964 | 8.0 |
| 10 | What Are Our Allies Doing? | Aug 1, 1964 | 8.0 |
| 11 | Hell Cannot Be So Terrible | Aug 8, 1964 | 8.0 |
| 12 | For Gawd's Sake Don't Send Me | Aug 15, 1964 | 7.0 |
| 13 | The Devil is Coming... | Aug 22, 1964 | 8.0 |
| 14 | All This It Is Our Duty to Bear | Aug 29, 1964 | 10.0 |
| 15 | We Are Betrayed, Sold, Lost | Sep 5, 1964 | 7.0 |
| 16 | Right Is More Precious Than Peace | Sep 13, 1964 | 7.0 |
| 17 | Surely We Have Perished | Sep 20, 1964 | 7.0 |
| 18 | Fat Rodzianko Has Sent Me Some Nonsense | Sep 27, 1964 | 6.0 |
| 19 | The Hell Where Youth and Laughter Go | Oct 4, 1964 | 7.0 |
| 20 | Only War, Nothing but War | Oct 11, 1964 | 8.0 |
| 21 | It Was like the End of the World | Oct 18, 1964 | 8.0 |
| 22 | Damn Them, Are They Never Coming In? | Oct 25, 1964 | 5.0 |
| 23 | When Must the End Be? | Nov 1, 1964 | 7.0 |
| 24 | Allah Made Mesopotamia – and Added Flies | Nov 8, 1964 | 8.0 |
| 25 | The Iron Thrones Are Falling | Nov 15, 1964 | 7.0 |
| 26 | ...And We Were Young | Nov 22, 1964 | 9.0 |
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