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Drama series following the lives of those on and behind the battlefront of World War I.

Drama series following the lives of those on and behind the battlefront of World War I. Created by Jonathan Ruffle.

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Lee Ross

Danny Rahim

Rudi Dharmalingam

Nicholas Farrell

Indira Varma

Clive Hayward

Sagar Radia

Jassa Ahluwalia

Sam Valentine

Mark Edel-Hunt

David Cann

David Hunter

Jonquil Panting

Jonathan Ruffle

Nandita Ghose

Michael Chaplin

Tommies: 28 October 1914

28/10/2014

28 October 1914

BBC Radio 4 - Tommies, 28 October 1914

The first Indian Army soldiers arrive on the battlefields of France.

The first Indian Army soldiers arrive on the battlefields of France, and the infantry of the 9th Bhopal Regiment find themselves on the front line.

by Michael Chaplin.

Series created by Jonathan Ruffle.

Meticulously based on unit war diaries and eye-witness accounts, each episode of TOMMIES traces one real day at war, exactly 100 years ago.

Through it all, we'll follow the fortunes of Mickey Bliss and his fellow signallers, from the Lahore Division of the British Indian Army. They are the cogs in an immense machine, one which connects situations across the whole theatre of the war, over four long years.

Indira Varma, Danny Rahim and Nicholas Farrell star in this story, as the first Indian Army soldiers arrive on the battlefields of France, and the under-equipped infantry of the 9th Bhopal Regiment find themselves on the front line at the first battle of Neuve Chapelle.

Producers: David Hunter, Jonquil Panting, Jonathan Ruffle
Director: Nandita Ghose.

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