The Somme
7.2
Drama-documentary recounting the events of the 1st July 1916 and the Battle of the Somme on the Western Front during the First World War. Told through the letters and journals of soldiers who were there.
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8 people
Tilda Swinton
Narrator (voice)
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Ed Stoppard
Captain Charlie May
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Paul Popplewell
Greenhalgh
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Patrick Kennedy
Sergeant Richard H. Tawney
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Martin Hancock
Andrews
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Raymond Waring
Lance-Corporal Sidney McCoy
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Robert Cambrinus
Franz Cassel
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William Beck
Bundy
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Carl Hindmarch Director · Mark Hayhurst Writer
First release November 14, 2005 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production Channel 4 Television, National Geographic
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DSP
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Channel 4 Television
Production
National Geographic
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Darlow Smithson Productions
Production
United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · November 14, 2005
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United Kingdom
December 28, 2020 · Physical · DVD
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