The First World War: The People's Story: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The First World War: The People's Story draws on an extraordinary and little known archive of two hundred interviews with the last survivors from the battlefields and the home front, filmed over the past twenty-five years. Vivid and heart breaking accounts are told from the main theatres of war - such as Passchendaele and the Somme - as well as on the home front where families were devastated by the loss of loved ones. One of the most catastrophic wars in human history is seen and heard as never before, as emotional testimonies are combined with digitally restored WWI footage to tell the people's story.

Series details

• Title: The First World War: The People's Story
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2021-12-22
• Final broadcast date listed: 2021-12-22
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: The Roku Channel
• Typical episode runtime: 51 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 60505
• TVDB ID: 413739

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2021-12-22; final listed air date 2021-12-22.

Source and licence

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