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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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Pippa Nixon

Elaine Claxton

Indira Varma

Parth Thakerar

Matthew Watson

David Cann

Jane Slavin

Damian Lynch

Michael Bertenshaw

David Hunter

Jonquil Panting

Jonathan Ruffle

Michael Chaplin

Tommies: 18 May 1915

18/05/2015

18 May 1915

BBC Radio 4 - Tommies, 18 May 1915

British surgeon Celestine de Tullio has found enough new purpose in war.

On the eastern front, the Russian army are retreating, but the renegade Prince Balashov is determined to wrench some kind of victory from defeat. By Michael Chaplin.

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.

We are now in 1915 and continuing to 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, Pippa Nixon and Parth Thakerar star in this story, set on the Eastern Front where the Russian army has been routed at Gorlice. The Russians are retreating, but the renegade Prince Balashov is determined to wrench some kind of victory from defeat. British surgeon Celestine de Tullio has found enough new purpose in War, to play a part in this plan.

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

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