Written by Gordon Watkins and John Williams.

As the French and Russian armies collapse under the strain of repeated failure, Britain is left to carry the burden of the war alone.

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.

Series produced in collaboration with The Imperial War Museum, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Australian Broadcasting Commission