Written by Ed Rollins and John Terraine.
A twenty-six-part history of the 1914-1918 War.

In an attempt to escape the deadlock on the Western Front the Allies try to force the Dardanelles-and so knock Turkey out of the war. When that fails, a landing is made on Gallipoli.

with the voices of Sir Michael Redgrave as Narrator, Sir Ralph Richardson as Haig,
Emlyn Williams as Lloyd George and Marius Goring, Cyril Luckham, Sebastian Shaw.
Theme music by Wilfred Josephs
played by the BBC Northern Orchestra
Conducted by George Hurst
Series produced in collaboration with the Imperial War Museum, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Australian Broadcasting Commission
A BBC Tonight production
First transmission on BBC-2, July 25