
Our World War — Season 1

August 1914 arrived two weeks after Britain declared war. Eighty thousand British troops had landed in southern Belgium, but so far they had not met the enemy. Among them was the 4th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers – some of the most highly …

The year is 1916, and Britain’s armed forces have suffered grievous losses. Across the nation, friends are enlisting together, forming new units known as ‘Pals’. Paddy Kennedy, a warehouse clerk from Manchester, joins the Manchester Pals Ba…
The year is 1918, and after four years of relentless fighting, British engineers have devised a new weapon intended to shatter the deadlock. Private Chas Rowland, eager to hasten the war’s conclusion and return home, enlists in the Tank Cor…

