Written by Barrie Pitt and Antony Jay.
A twenty-six-part history of the 1914-1918 War.

In 1914 the lifelines of the British Empire depended on the Royal Navy. This programme shows how the Navy faced the challenge of the Imperial German Navy in the opening months of the war.

With the voices of Sir Michael Redgrave as Narrator, Sir Ralph Richardson as Haig, Emlyn Williams as Lloyd George, Marius Goring, Cyril Luckham, Sebastian Shaw
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 4)